Sticky Date Pudding
This mix of hot date pudding and butterscotch sauce is pretty easy to make - great with a scoop of your favourite ice cream.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 450ml water
- 275g dried pitted dates, chopped
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 100g butter, softened
- 275g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 275g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- For the butterscotch sauce
- 160g brown sugar
- 1 cup (250ml) cream
- 200g butter
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:1hour
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease 20cm x 30cm rectangular baking dish.
- Bring water and dates to the boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in the bicarb soda. Cool.
- Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with electric beaters until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour and the date mixture. Pour into dish; bake for 40 minutes.
- For the butterscotch sauce: combine the sugar, cream and butter in a saucepan; stir over a medium until smooth. Bring to the boil. Remove from the heat.
- Serve the pudding drizzled with the sauce.
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Something else. added walnuts on top of the cake prior to baking. - 25 May 2009
My family and friends loved this! It was so easy to make - and I'm timid about baking for others. It turned out so moist and there was plenty left over for the next day. I give it a 20 out of 10!!! - 06 Apr 2013
The addition of the vanilla is now included the recipe! - 08 Sep 2009