Cherry pecan Christmas pudding

Name: Cherry pecan Christmas pudding
Ingredients: 300g mixed dried fruit; 200g pot glacé cherries, 85g halved (we used morello glacé cherries); 50g mixed peel; 1 medium carrot, finely grated; zest and juice 1 lemon; 1 orange, zested and segments cut out; 100g light muscovado sugar; 1 tsp mixed spice; 100ml brandy; 50ml Disaronno; 100g butter, frozen, plus 25g soft butter and extra for greasing; 2 large eggs, beaten; 50g blanched almond, half of each chopped; 50g pecan nuts, half of each chopped; 100g self-raising flour; 175g fresh white breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp golden syrup; sprig of holly, to decorate (optional)