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Recipe Ingredient
- 8-9 pitted dates
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 310ml water
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 60g butter
- 100g castor sugar
- 1 tsp grated orange rind
- 1 tsp grated lemon rind
- 2 eggs
- Sift:
- 150g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Sauce:
- 3 tbsp whipping cream
- 60g butter
- 75g soft brown sugar
Instructions
- You will need five to six small souffle moulds. Lightly grease souffle moulds and preheat oven to 180°C. Put dates and water into a saucepan and bring to a boil, then add vanilla essence.
- Once the mixture has come to a boil, remove from heat and add bicarbonate of soda. Cover the saucepan. Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add lemon and orange rind and then beat in eggs one at a time.
- Sift in flour and add in date mixture. Pour concoction into prepared moulds until two-thirds full. Bake in preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes.
- .For the sauce, combine butter, brown sugar and whipping cream in a non-stick saucepan and bring to a gentle low boil for one to two minutes.
- When the pudding has been baked for 20 minutes, pour about half a tablespoon of the sauce on to each pudding and continue to bake for five to six minutes. Remove puddings from their moulds on to individual serving plates and add a little more sauce if desired.
