Recipe - Hot Fig Pudding

PUDDING
One half cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 cup Molasses
2 cup Finely chopped dried figs
One half teaspoon Grated lemon peel
1 cup Buttermilk
2 One half cup Sifted flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
1 teaspoon Salt

HOT WINE SAUCE
One half cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
Three fourths cup Dry sherry
1 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg

Pudding: Cream butter until soft. Beat in eggs and molasses until fluffy.
Stir in figs, lemon peel and buttermilk. Resift flour with soda, baking
powder, ginger and salt. Stir dry ingredients into pudding mixture. Pour
into greased 9 inch tube pan.

Bake at 325 degrees 1 hour until done. Meanwhile, to make sauce, cream
butter and sugar until light. Beat in eggs. Stir in sherry, lemon peel and
nutmeg. Shortly before serving, beat sauce over hot water in double boiler.
Heat thoroughly. Serve with hot pudding.

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