Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  150            grams  self-raising flour -- (5oz)
  1           teaspoon  baking powder
  1                     rounded teaspoon ground mixed spice
  50             grams  butter -- softened (2oz)
  2                     eggs -- (large)
  75       milliliters  black treacle -- (3fl.oz)
  110      milliliters  Irish stout -- (4fl.oz)
  2        tablespoons  dark rum -- (optional)
  75             grams  Bramley cooking apple -- peeled, cored and
                        finely diced (3oz)
  25             grams  chopped roasted hazelnuts -- (1oz)
  175            grams  currants -- (6oz)
  1       411 gram jar  luxury mincemeat -- (14 1/2 oz)
                        grated zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
  8                     individual metal or foil pudding basins

Preparation:

Sift the flour, baking powder and spice into a large bowl. Add the butter and eggs. Place treacle in a measuring jug, add the stout and rum if using, alternatively, add an extra 2 tablespoons of stout. Pour into the flour mixture and mix all the ingredients well together. Next add the apple, nuts, currants, mincemeat and grated orange and lemon zest. Mix together with a spoon and then divide the mixture equally between the 8 well-buttered pudding basins. Cover each basin with a small circle of buttered greaseproof paper, following with a square of foil, large enough to fold under the edges of the basins, using a ''pleating'' motion to seal. Place the basins into a shallow roasting tin. Place in a preheated oven 180ø C, 350ø F, Gas Mark 4 and pour 1cm ( 1/2 inch) boiling water into the roasting tin. Bake for 45-50 minutes, allow to cool in the basins for 10 minutes, then carefully run a knife around the edge of the puddings to turn out onto a serving plate. Delicous served hot or cold with brandy butter, cr‚me frâiche or doubl

Nutritional Information:

131 Calories (kcal); 6g Total Fat; (42% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 60mg Cholesterol; 128mg Sodium