Serves
8
Prep
20
mins
Cooking
30
mins
Sticky Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 20cm x 20cm cake tin.
Step 2
Bring dates and orange juice to the boil in a small saucepan. Stir in Bi-Carb and remove from heat. Allow to cool.
Step 3
Beat sugar and butter until creamy and pale. Add eggs until well combined.
Step 4
Fold in date mixture, flour, baking powder and vanilla essence.
Step 5
Pour mixture into tin and bake for 30 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
Step 6
TO MAKE SAUCE: Bring all ingredients to the boil in a saucepan. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
Step 7
Serve warm pieces of sticky date pudding with warm caramel sauce.
Tips
- Pudding and sauce can be made in advance and reheated in microwave prior to serving.
- Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or a dollop of cream.
Ingredients
- PUDDING INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup pitted dates, roughly chopped
- 300ml orange juice
- 1 tsp McKenzie's Bi-Carb Soda
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 80g unsalted butter
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/3 cups plain flour
- 2 1/2 tsps McKenzie's Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- CARAMEL SAUCE INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 125g unsalted butter