Make this recipe a recipe that people in that category can eat. categories: ['dairy_free'], recipe: grease a 1.2litre pudding basin with butter. place the cherries in the bottom. beat the sugar and butter with a hand held beater until pale and creamy. beat in the eggs seperately, whisking well in between. fold in the sifted flour, spice and salt carefully. then add the lemon juice, lemon and orange zest, apple and fruit mince. spoon into the basin. tie a double piece of pleated baking paper on to the basin. place in boiling water and cook for 2 1/2 hours. when the pudding is completely cold, turn it out, wrap it well and freeze until needed. take out of freezer christmas eve. can either re-steam it for an hour or just slice it and heat in the microwave. i used mixed red, green and yellow cherries.

Target recipe: sift flour, salt and spices together. put suet, breadcrumbs, sugar, eggs, stout and golden syrup, almond essence and juice into bowl. mix well. stir in nuts and fruit. add dry ingredients and mix well. turn batter into thoroughly greased 2-quart mold. cover tightly with greased cover or aluminum foil, waxed paper or parchment. place mold on trivet or rack in steamer or deep kettle. pour boiling water into steamer about half the height of mold. cover and steam pudding for six hours. add more boiling water if necessary during steaming.