Sticky Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 50 mins
- Serves: 12
Ingredients
Pudding
- 200g pitted dates, chopped
- 200ml boiling water
- 1 tsp bicarb soda
- 75g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tbs golden syrup
- 2 tbs brown sugar
- 2 Eggs, at room temperature.
- 150g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
Caramel Sauce
- 150g unsalted butter
- 200g brown sugar
- 1 tbs golden syrup
- 200ml thickened cream
Method
Pudding
- Preheat oven to 170°C steam bake.
- In a small bowl cover the dates with the boiling water and bicarb soda. Stir and leave for 10 mins.
- With an electric mixer, cream the butter and syrup until well mixed, add the sugar and beat out lumps.
- Beat in one egg at a time and continue until smooth.
- Gently add the flour and baking powder.
- Squish the dates with a fork and add them and their liquid to the batter.
- Pour into a greased baking tin. (23x23cm)
- Bake for 30 mins.
- As soon as you remove from oven, pierce the cake repetitively with a skewer.
- Pour half the warm sauce over the pudding, allowing it to soak into the holes for 20 mins.
- Serve with more sauce and vanilla ice-cream.
Caramel Sauce
- In a small saucepan, place the butter, brown sugar and syrup and place over medium heat.
- Once the butter has melted, stir and melt the sugar and syrup.
- Stir in the cream and simmer to combine.
- Take off heat and keep warm for serving.
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