Chilled Xmas Pudding

1&1/2 lb mixed fruit

3/4 lb sweet biscuit crumbs

1 tspn spice

1/2 tspn ground ginger

1/2 lb butter

1/2 tspn cinnamon

1/4 cup sherry

1/2 lb marshmallows

1/4 cup orange juice

Method: Chop all fruits finely and add to biscuit crumbs and spices. Melt butter and marshmallows over boiling water and add to mixture with orange juice and sherry. Mix well. Press into greased pudding basin. Chill. Serve with icecream.

Source: contributed by E. Randle in S.C.N.H. [Southern Cross Nursing Homes] 1st Floor Cook Book No. 2 (?North Plympton; n.d.), p.135.

Merry Christmas!