ayres' cake crumb pudding with custard sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups bread or cake crumbs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk (sour milk: 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice or vinegar and enough milk to make 1/2 cup, let sit 5 min.
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 - egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup dark corn syrup or molasses
• 1/4 cup sifted cake flour
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup + 2 tsp. butter
• - custard sauce:
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 2 1/2 tablespoons + 1/2 tsp. sugar
• pinch salt
• 1 - egg, beaten
• 1/3 teaspoon vanilla