Aunty Mary'S Cold Tea Plum Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour
2 cups dried fruit
1 cup sugar
1 cup strong black tea
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon allspice
1 tablespoon butter

Preparation

Mix dry ingredients together except for carb-soda.
Rub in butter to above mix.
Add carb-soda to tea then add to mix.
Wet cloth and coat with flour, place mix in floured cloth.
Place pudding mix wrapped in cloth into boiling water for 3hrs hours. (I have also heard of people using a steamer lined with baking paper instead of the cloth)
Handy hint is to place a saucer in the bottom of the saucepan to place the pudding on while cooking.