Auriiiteeeee!
So, I've finally attempted and found a good copy cat recipe of Lonestars sticky date pudding! Yum!
I've made it like 4 times now...tweaking here and there and taking into account the feedback I've received (mostly from Talmage and Chu) and it's sooo delicious, especially with vanilla ice cream! So here is the winning formula for us!
STICKY DATE PUDDING
250g pitted dates roughly chopped
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 c boiling water
125g butter softened
1 c brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
1 3/4 c self rising flour (or just normal flour and then add 1 3/4 tsp of baking powder)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (this is optional. Chu prefers without this)
Butterscotch Sauce
1 c brown sugar packed
300ml of cream
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
60g butter
Method
1. Preheat your oven at 180 degrees celsius.
2. Put dates in a small pot/bowl. Sprinkle baking soda over and then add the boiling water. Let it sit for at least 10 minutes. Mash it up a bit using a potato masher. (You can use an electric hand mixer to get it really smooth, but the boys like the pudding with some date chunks so to each their own...also, if you do mix it til smooth, the pudding ends up feeling more like a puligi).
3. In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar. Then add vanilla esessnce. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Then sift in dry ingredients.
4. Fold in date mixture and mix well.
5. Put mixture into baking pan (7cm deep pan, 22cm pan apparently). Bake for about 35-40 minutes or til you know its ready lol.
6. While the cake is baking, add all ingredients for the butterscotch sauce and bring to the boil. Simmer for a bit then turn it off. (The sauce thickens as it cools).
7. Once cake is out, pierce it with a knife all over and pour about a third or half of the sauce all over the cake. Let it stand for at least 10 minutes.
8. Cut up and serve with vanilla ice cream and more butterscotch. It's the bomb!
