Christmas puddings - Penny Melville-Brown

Ingredients

• 225g raisins.
• 225g currants.
• 450g sultanas.
• brandy and rum to cover.
• 450g soft brown sugar (or honey).
• 335g chopped cherries.
• 110g dried apricots
• 55g dried apple (optional)
• 225g chopped almonds
• 2 small apples – peeled and chopped.
• 1 orange, zest only.
• 1 lemon, zest only.
• 5 eggs
• 225g suet (can be vegetarian).
• 110g self-raising flour.
• 225g white breadcrumbs.
• 2 level teaspoons mixed spice.
• half teaspoon nutmeg.
• 2 good pinches cinnamon.