Ella Maud's Hot Banana Pudding

Description/Notes:

A hot banana pudding with a super brandy and cream sauce.

Ingredients:

3 large bananas, peeled and mashed

2 tbsps. melted butter

2 oz. raisins

2 oz. chopped cherries

half a cup of sugar

2 cups fresh breadcrumbs

half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

whipping cream

2 tbsps. brandy

Cooking Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients apart from the cream and brandy in a pudding basin
Cover and tightly seal with a double thickness of greased proof paper and tie securely
Place in a saucepan that is half full of boiling water
Steam for 2 hours, replenishing the water in the saucepan as necessary
When the pudding is cooked, remove the paper, loosen the edges with a knife and turn on to a pudding dish
Whisk together the cream and brandy and pour over the hot banana pudding