This sticky date pudding is a recipe from the Country Women’s Association of Australia. The book it is in, is called “Country Classic”. The CWAA as it is known here does a lot of baking, but not only baking, they have general family centered objectives.
Here is their recipe. It is easy to make and quite rapid. If you ever tasted a sticky date pudding in a restaurant, the home made version is 10 times better!
Small warning, it is very sweet! but not sickening sick.
Ingredients
- 1 cups dried pitted dates, coarsely chopped
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 60 g butter
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cups self-raising flour
Sauce:
- 1 cup soft brown sugar
- 125 g butter
- 150 ml cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease and flour a tin.
- Place dates in a small saucepan with the water. Bring to the boil. Cook until combined.
- Beat remaining ingredients and add to the dates. Mix well.
- Pour into prepared tin.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked
- For the sauce, combine all ingredients in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes. Cool down slightly and pour over the pudding to serve.
Serve with whipped cream.
