Baked christmas pudding with brandy sauce - dkp

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.
  
  Di Note:  Don't drink too much before flaming this one on .  I did,
  and let us say...it was a very interesting moment...
  
  Di Pahl's personal recipes-1994