You must have a special kettle with a lid that snaps down ($21.95 at the Carriage House gift shop).

Cream the following ingredients in a mixer:

1/2 cup margarine

1 cup sugar

1 egg

Stir together dry ingredients in a separate bowl:

1 cup flour

1 cup white bread crumbs

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cloves

1 tsp nutmeg

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup walnuts – broken in half, not chopped

1 1/2 cups raisins

Measure 3/4 cup of warm water.

Add half of water to egg mixture, then add dry ingredients to mixture alternately with water until all are mixed. Batter will be thick. Do not overbeat.

Grease your kettle well and put the batter in. Seal the lid and cook for 3 hours in oven at 250 degrees. Take kettle out , loosen lid and let stand for 10 minutes. Then turn kettle upside down and pudding should fall out. (If desired, pudding may be carefully wrapped and frozen for future use.

Serve with lemon pie filling that has been reduced with rum or hot water, a dab of whipped cream and a cherry, with a holly leaf for decoration.