Dulcie's Date Pudding.

First you need:1/2 a cup of brown sugar1 cup of chopped dates100 g of butter1 tsp of mixed spiceA little ground nutmeg1 cup of milkPut all these ingredients into a saucepan on the stove and bring to the boil, when boiling remove from the heat and add a level teaspoon of bicarb of soda.Mix this in well....(the mixture froths up). When mixed well add 1 and a 1/4 cups of self raising flour and mix this in.Scrape the mixture into a pudding basin, cover with foil  and place into  a covered saucepan, 1/4 full of simmering water for 2 hours.Serve with home made egg custard.