Sticky Date Pudding

Name: Sticky Date Pudding
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 200g pitted dates, roughly chopped; 1 cup boiling water; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 80g butter, softened; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour; 1 cup brown sugar; 300ml thickened cream; 60g butter; ice cream to serve

Moist, caramel-rich date pudding smothered in a warm butterscotch sauce. Soaking the dates in boiling water with a little bicarb before mashing them in is what softens them into the batter completely, giving the pudding its dense, sticky texture rather than leaving chewy flecks throughout.

Total time

45 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gpitted dates, roughly chopped

1 cupboiling water

1 tspbicarbonate of soda

80gbutter, softened

3/4 cupbrown sugar

2eggs

1 tspvanilla extract

1 1/2 cupsself-raising flour

1 cupbrown sugar

300mlthickened cream

60gbutter

ice creamto serve

Instructions

Soak dates in boiling water with bicarb for 10 minutes. Mash roughly.

Beat butter and brown sugar until pale. Add eggs and vanilla.

Fold in flour, then stir in date mixture.

Bake in a greased dish at 180°C for 30 minutes until set.

Make sauce: simmer brown sugar, cream and butter 5 minutes. Pour over warm pudding. Serve with ice cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1047

Protein

9.5g

Fat

58.3g

Carbs

125.1g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

704mg

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