BBC Food - Recipes - Christmas pudding

Ingredients

• 350g/12oz mixed dried fruit (raisins, currants , sultanas)
• 100g/3½oz pitted ready-to-eat prunes , chopped or left whole
• 100g/3½oz dark muscovado sugar
• 4 tbsp dark rum
• 100ml/3½fl oz stout
• 100g/3½oz chopped walnuts
• 100g/3½oz blanched almonds
• 100g/3½oz ground almonds
• 100g/3½oz fresh white breadcrumbs
• 50g/1¾oz plain flour
• 100g/3½oz frozen butter , grated, plus a little extra for greasing
• ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 100g/3½oz chopped glacé cherries (or left whole if you prefer)
• 3 large free-range eggs , beaten