Sticky Date Pudding

Name: Sticky Date Pudding
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 237 milliliters butter; 71 grams dark chocolate, grated; 198 grams chopped pitted dates; 2 eggs; 237 milliliters flour; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 177 milliliters superfine (castor) sugar; 710 milliliters vanilla ice cream; 296 milliliters water

Sticky Date Pudding requires roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This dessert has 521 calories, 5g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. A mixture of eggs, baking soda, dates, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Sticky Date Pudding, Sticky date & raisin pudding, and Sticky date & ginger pudding.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin.

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Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and chocolate in a small bowl, and set aside.

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Baking Powder

Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

Bring the dates and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.

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Dates

Water

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Remove from the heat, and stir in the baking soda. Allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes, then scrape into a blender, and carefully puree until smooth; set aside.

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Baking Soda

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Blender

Cream 1/4 cup of butter together with the superfine sugar until light and fluffy.

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Superfine Sugar

Butter

Cream

Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Fold in the flour mixture and the date puree until well blended. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.

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All Purpose Flour

Dates

Egg

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Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together the cream, brown sugar, and 1 cup of butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat until the butter melts; set aside.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

Cream

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Oven

Sauce Pan

When the puddings have baked for 25 minutes, remove them from the oven, and cool in the pan for 10 minutes.

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Remove the puddings from the muffin tin, and place them onto a baking sheet. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the sauce over each pudding, then return to the oven and bake for 5 minutes more.

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Sauce

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Baking Sheet

Muffin Tray

Oven

To serve, spoon some of the sauce onto the bottom of a dessert plate, and place a pudding on top. Lightly dust with confectioners' sugar, and top with a 1/4 cup scoop of ice cream. Repeat with the remaining date puddings.

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Powdered Sugar