Sticky Chocolate Date Pudding
Pudding
1 ½ cups (240g) seeded chopped dates
1 ¾ cups (430ml) water
1 tsp bi-carb soda
80g butter, chopped
2/3 cup (150g)self raising flour
1/3 cup (35g) cocoa powder
2/3 cup (70g) pecans, toasted and chopped
Butterscotch Sauce
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
80g butter
300ml cream
PUDDING
Grease deep 22cm round cake pan, cover base with baking paper.
Combine dates and water in a small pan, bring to boil, remove from heat, add soda, cover and stand for five minutes. Blend or process until smooth.
Beat butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until combined, beat in eggs quickly, one at a time.
Transfer mixture to a large bowl, fold in sifted flour and cocoa, then add nuts with warm date mixture in two batches.
Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake in moderate oven for about one hour. Stand pudding for ten minutes before turning onto serving plate. Serve pudding with hot butterscotch sauce and whipped cream if desired.
BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE
Combine all ingredients in a medium pan, stir over heat, without boiling, until sugar is dissolved, then simmer without stirring for three minutes.
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