Sister Lemon's Inexpensive Christmas Pudding

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons baking soda 
• 2 cups brown sugar 
• 2 tablespoons butter 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• 1 cup milk 
• 1 cup raisins 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup walnuts 
• 4 cups water hot
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• baking pan
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2. Bring water, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup butter to a boil in saucepan until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is syrup-like; reduce heat to low and keep warm.
3. Beat 2 tablespoons butter and white sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.
4. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl; add gradually to the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beating to integrate each addition before adding the next until you have a moist batter. Fold raisins and walnuts into the batter; pour into prepared baking dish.
5. Drizzle the syrup over the batter.
6. Bake in preheated oven until firm, 40 to 45 minutes.