Carrot Pudding (Mom's Christmas pudding)

1 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
4 cups grated carrots
1 cup raisons
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp ginger

Mix ingredients together.
Dump into a buttered steaming dish/bowl.
Steam for 4 hours (it expands by about 30%).

Make up Pudding Sauce.....

1 cup brown sugar
1 tblsp corn starch
1.25 cups water
pich of salt
1 tsp butter
3/4 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla

Mix sugar, corn starch and water.
Cook on medium heat until it boils and thickens, AND gets clear. 
If it doesn't clear, then add a little extra HOT water.
Add salt, butter, vinegar and vanilla.

Spoon steamed pudding into serving dishes, and pour some sauce on top.
Enjoy, and remember many Christmas' past.