Grandpop’s Plum Pudding

This recipe came from Granny (Amy Roberts Blakemore-grandmother of Paul Howard Blakemore)

4 cups raisins
2 cups currants
2 cups sugar
2 pounds butter
8 cups flour
2 Tbsp nutmeg
3 level Tbsp baking soda
32 oz sour cream
2 Tbsp vanilla
3 eggs

Beat eggs and sour cream. In a separate bowl cream together butter and sugar. Mix in all ingredients together. Everyone in house is supposed to take a turn stirring. (Be careful to not break mixer if using hand mixer)

Butter well 2 large tin cans (2 pound coffee can or 120 oz can)  Fill tin can half full with batter.  Heat large kettle of water. Put tin can with batter in a water bath and cook for 6 hours. Don’t overfill water.

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