Individual Sticky Date Puddings
50 minutes
Individual sticky date puddings with hot caramel sauce. Garnish with walnuts or pecans if you like. A great dessert for the cooler months.
9 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 180ml orange juice (strained of pulp)
- zest of one orange
- 180g pitted dates, chopped
- 3/4 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 90g butter, softened
- 50g brown sugar
- 180g self-raising flour
- Caramel sauce
- 150g brown sugar
- 140g butter
- 120ml cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:50min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease 6 1-cup metal moulds and set aside.
- Bring orange juice to the boil in a small saucepan. Add zest and dates, turn off heat and stir in vanilla and bicarb soda. Let cool.
- Beat together the butter and sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy. With the mixer running drizzle in the eggs a little at a time until all mixed. Fold in the flour and cinnamon and then the orange and date mixture.
- Place the moulds on a baking tray and divide the batter between them. Bake 25 minutes or until they test done.
- Put all the ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat, stir until smooth, then boil three minutes. Turn the puddings out onto plates and pour the sauce over the tops.
