Title: Baked christmas pudding with brandy sauce - dkp
 Categories: Holidays, Di, Desserts
      Yield: 10 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Butter or margarine,
           -softened
    1/4 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs
    3/4 c  Molasses
  1 1/2 c  Finely chopped mixed candied
           -fruit
    1/2 c  Finely chopped yellow
           -candied pineapple
    1/2 c  Chopped pecans
  1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour, divided
  1 1/2 t  Baking powder
    3/4 t  Baking soda
    1/2 t  Salt
      1 t  Ground cinnamon
    1/2 t  Ground allspice
    3/4 c  Milk
           Brandy Sauce-separate recipe
     10    To 12 sugar cubes
           Lemon extract (opt.)
 
  Combine butter and 1/4 C sugar in a large mixing bowl; beat with a
  wooden spoon until well blended.  Add eggs and molasses, mixing well.
  
  Dredge candied fruits and pecans in 2 T flour; set aside.
  
  Combine remaining flour and next 5 ingredients; add to creamed mixture
  alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir
  fruit mixture into batter.
  
  Spoon batter into a greased and floured 2 quart ring mold.  Cover with
  foil.  Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.  Unmold onto serving platter.
  Spoon Brandy Sauce over pudding.  If desired, soak sugar cubes in
  lemon extract. Arrange soaked sugar cubes evenly around heat-proof
  serving platter, and ignite just before serving.
 
 Don't drink too much before flaming this one on .  I
  did, and let us say...it was a very interesting moment...