Sticky Date Pudding With Caramel Sauce

Name: Sticky Date Pudding With Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped dried dates (chopped fine); 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 cup boiling water; 90 g butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional); 300 ml cream; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 tablespoon golden syrup; 1 tablespoon butter

Submitted by cookingpompom

"I hope you're not counting your calories, because this is going to blow your diet! Very traditional for an Aussie dinner get together, cheap and it makes lots. Serve with ice-cream."

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Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 cup chopped dried dates (chopped fine)
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup boiling water
90 g butter
¹⁄₂ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ¹⁄₂ cups self-rising flour
¹⁄₂ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Caramel sauce
300 ml cream
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 tablespoon butter

directions

In a medium bowl, mix the dates (use kitchen scissors to chop the dates rather than a knife), bicarb and water together. Set aside for 10-12 minutes.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time.
Beat in the vanilla.
Fold in the cooled date mix and the flour.
Pour into a greased 20cm round cake tin.
Bake at 180oC for 40-45 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes, cut and serve from the tin (it keeps it warm).
Carmel sauce:
Place all the ingredients in a medium pot and stir over a medium heat until combined. Simmer gently until thickened (about 5 -8 minutes).
To serve: pour over the pudding and let it soak a little before eating.

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