Saturday, April 3, 2010

Sticky Date Puddings


I have yet digested how COLD it would be in London...

I'll probably end up eating heaps of comfort food, such as this sticky date pudding and put on heaps of weight! :(


Sticky date pudding Recipe
(makes 6-8)

175g dates, pitted and chopped
1 tsp bicarb of soda
75g unsalted butter
150g brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla paste
170g self rasing flour
2 eggs

Butterscotch sauce
200ml cream
1/2 cup brown sugar
60g unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Place dates in a pan with 180ml water and bring to boil. Add bicarb of soda and set aside for 15 mins.
Cream butter and sugar until pale. Add vanilla and 1 tbsp flour. Stir to combine. Add eggs one at a time, beat until smooth. Use a metal spoon to fould in remaining flour. Then , stir in the date mixture.
Grease 6x 1 cup capacity Dariole moulds with butter and pour in the pudding mixture. bake for 25 mins or until cooked through.
To make sauce, mix ingredients in a pan over low heat until butter has melted. Cool slightly before pouring over puddings.
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

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