Sticky Date Pudding

PUDDING

155g pitted dates

2 cups of water

1 tsp Bicarb soda

60g butter

1 1/4 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

3/4 cup SR flower

SAUCE

60g Butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup cream

METHOD - PUDDING

1

Place 155g pitted dates and 2 cups water in pan and bring slowly to boil. 

Reduce heat. Simmer 5 minutes.

Remove from heat, add 1 tsp Bicarb Soda. Stir it in. It will froth up. 

2

Beat 60g butter and 1 1/4 cups brown sugar until light and creamy. 

Add eggs one at a time and beat each in well. 

Sift 3/4 cups SR flour. 

Fold in the sifted SR flour. 

Mix in the date mixture. 

It was very runny. OK. 

3

Grease tin with butter. 18 x 25 cm

(mine was deeper. I need to get a larger and shallower tin) 

4 

Moderate oven 25 minutes

160

(with this deep pan, I did 30 minutes. Prob needed 35 as a small bit in the middle was not cooked) 

MAKE SAUCE

5

Small saucepan

60g butter. 1/2 cup brown sugar. 

Low heat stir continuously until butter melted.  5 minutes. 

6

Stir in cream. 

7

Simmer. Stir continuously until thickens. 5 minutes. 

Mine didn't thicken. 

After it seemed to have discolouration as if the cream had a problem.