Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup fine dry bread crumbs
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp cloves
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 tbsp molasses
1 egg
1 cup raisins or currants

Directions:
Pour the buttermilk over the breadcrumbs and allow them to soak. Sift flour, measure and re-sift with cinnamon, cloves and baking soda. Cream butter and sugar together. Add molasses and egg and beat until fluffy. Stir in sifted ingredients, soaked crumbs and fruit. Mix well. Put the batter in a small, greased bread pan or mold. Cover with foil. Steam 1 and a half hour to 3 hours, depending on size of mold. Serve with hard sauce or orange sauce.

Orange Sauce
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
1 and 1/3 cups water
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tsp grated orange rind
4 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp butter

Directions:
Combine sugar, corn starch and salt in glass bowl; add water and blend until smooth. Cook in microwave on high for 2 minutes, whisk with wire whisk. Heat for another 2 minutes, whisk once more. Continue until mixture thickens. Add remaining ingredients and re-heat if necessary.

Lemon Hard Sauce
1/2 cup butter
1 and 1/4 cups confectioner’s sugar
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp plus of boiling hot water
Cinnamon, for dusting top of dessert

Directions:
Mix butter, powdered sugar and lemon extract to a thick paste. Then add one tablespoon of hot water and stir. The mixture should be very thick but runny enough to pour off the end of a spoon. If still too thick and pasty, add a tiny bit more of hot water.