Sunday, November 16, 2008

It's A Date!

No, it's not what you're thinking. This is better!! It's a recipe for Sticky Date Pudding! It's essentially a vanilla-flavored date cake that, when draped with a buttery brown sauce, transforms to what we would otherwise call Sticky Toffee Pudding. I quite prefer mine without the sauce, which I find cloyingly sweet. Instead, I had this with a dollop of home-whipped cream and didn't miss the sauce one bit!

Sticky Date Pudding
serves 6-8

1½ cups of pitted dates
1 tsp baking soda
1¼ tsp baking soda
1¼ boiling water
3 ounces of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 orange, zested and juiced
2 eggs
1 cup flour
optional: a dash or two of cinnamon and nutmeg
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Butter a 9 by 9-inch baking pan
  • In a small bowl, cover the coarsely chopped dates with the boiling water. Add the baking soda and let stand for 15 minutes
  • In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add in spices, vanilla, orange zest & juice and eggs - one at a time - while beating well
  • Sift flour and add in baking powder
  • Stir in the butter mixture
  • Gently fold in the date mixture (the mixture will closely resemble pancake batter)
  • Transfer mixture to the pan and bake for 40 minutes
  • Let stand to cool

3 comments:

Qu3! said...

You can leave me with that date anytime ;-)

perseph said...

never been a huge date fan but that looks really moist and yummy! good to see food pics - now get some of your adventures up here too!

Unknown said...

I want I want!