Christmas Pudding

INGREDIENTS

1½ cup self raising flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 eggs well beaten
¼ cup melted butter
½ cup prepared mincemeat pie filling
½ cup whole cranberry sauce
½ cup pumkin puree
1 can sour cream
1 can cream cheese
¼ cup icing sugar

METHOD

• Grease a lidded pudding mould
• Sift the flour , sugar and cinnamon and set aside
• In a seperate bowl mix eggs, butter, mincemeat, cranberry sauce and the pumpkin.
• Add these ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until smooth and pour into greased pudding mould.
• Place a wire rack into a large pot and place pot on stove filled halfway up with boiling water 
• Place pudding onto rack and steam for 2 ½ hours. 
• Add more water to bottom as needed
• When pudding is firm, place rack outside of water , allow to set for 10 minutes , then unmould.
• Prepare the sauce by blending together the sour cream, cream cheese and powdered sugar.
• Spoon over warm pudding.