Warm Sticky Date Pudding w/ Butterscotch Sauce
 
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A tried and trusted recipe that warms the soul
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: English
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Date mixture
  • 300g pitted dates, cut in half
  • 1 c boiling water
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pudding base
  • 80g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ½ c caster sugar
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 115g self raising flour
  • 75g plain flour
  • 2 tsp ground cardamom
Butterscotch sauce
  • 185 ml pouring cream
  • 1 c brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 60g unsalted butter
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence
Method
  1. Pre heat oven to 180°C/355°F
  2. Placed pitted and sliced dates in the boiling water and bicarbonate of soda mix and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
  3. After the 10 minutes then smash them up with a fork. Leave some larger pieces as they are nice through the pudding.
  4. Prepare a muffin tray or similar with melted butter and some greaseproof paper at the base.
  5. Mix together the sugar and butter till light and fluffy.
  6. Add one egg and beat till completely combined and then repeat with the second egg.
  7. Of note… My egg, sugar and butter mixture always, always splits. I have tried placing the bowl in warm water and it still happens, but the end result is always fantastic anyway so don’t worry if this happens to you too.
  8. Mix together the two flours and cardamom and pour into the sugar/egg mixture along with the date mixture. Stir to combine.
  9. Spoon into your prepared pan and place into the pre heated oven for 25 minutes.
  10. Remove the cooked muffins from the oven and leave to cool a little before removing from the tins.
  11. While the muffins are resting, place the cream, butter, vanilla and brown sugar into a saucepan and heat till simmering. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  12. Pour your butterscotch sauce into a bottle of jar and it will keep for about a week in the fridge.
  13. To serve, heat the puddings and butterscotch sauce, pour the sauce of the pudding and top with vanilla ice-cream.
Recipe by Finding Feasts at https://www.findingfeasts.com.au/recipe-index/warm-sticky-date-pudding-w-butterscotch-sauce/