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Sticky date pudding

Caroline Velik

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Ingredients

  • 500g pitted dates

  • 750ml water

  • 25g bicarbonate of soda

  • 150g butter

  • 150g brown sugar

  • 125g castor sugar

  • 5 eggs

  • 420g plain flour

For butterscotch sauce

  • 100g butter

  • 150g soft brown sugar

  • 100g white sugar

  • 650g golden syrup

  • 200ml thickened cream

Method

  1. Preheat fan-forced oven to 160C. Combine dates and water in a medium saucepan and bring to the boil. Add bicarbonate of soda and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add butter and both sugars and cook for two to three minutes on low heat until sugar dissolves. Blend mixture with a stick blender and allow to cool slightly.

    Add eggs and flour and mix thoroughly. Place in a greased and lined 25-centimetre square cake tin and bake for 35-40 minutes. For butterscotch sauce, melt butter in a medium saucepan with sugars and golden syrup.

    Stir slowly and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside for a few minutes. Stir in cream and continue to stir for four to five minutes to ensure sauce is smooth.

    Tip: This makes a large quantity but can easily be made in individual ramekins, too. Store the butterscotch sauce in a screw-top jar in the fridge for a couple of weeks.

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Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/sticky-date-pudding-20111019-29ud4.html