1¼ lb. of flour.
1 lb. raisins seeded, cut in two, and dredged with flour.
½ lb. suet, freed from strings and powdered.
1 cup sugar.
2 oz. citron, shred fine.
5 eggs—whites and yolks beaten separately.
Nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves—one teaspoonful each.
Milk to make a thick batter of the flour. Begin with two cups, and
add more if necessary.
Beat the yolks and sugar together; add the suet and spice, then the
flour, moistening the mixture gradually with milk until you can move
the spoon in it. Dredge the fruit and put in by degrees; finally, stir
in the beaten whites. Beat all very hard and long before baking in a
buttered mould. It will require _at least_ an hour and a half in a
moderate oven.
Turn out, and eat with rich sweet sauce.