We Want Some Figgy Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
2 cups mission figs (buy 1 lb. chop yourself)
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups brandy
cheesecloth

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease a 9-inch tube pan.
Beat butter until soft.
Add eggs and molasses and beat till fluffy.
Add chopped figs (try to use good quality figs), grated lemon rind, and buttermilk.
In another bowl combine all the rest of the ingredients (all dry ingredients).
Pour dry ingredients into fig mixture and stir well.
Pour into tube pan and cook for about an hour or until toothpick comes out pretty clean.
After about 15 minutes, try to dislodge cake and put out onto a baking rack.
Soak enough cheese cloth to go around the cake a couple times in brandy.
When cake is cool, wrap it up well and soak for 24 hours.
Serve with hard sauce.