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The greatest British pudding ever made. Dense date sponge drenched in toffee sauce. Serve with ice cream and prepare to be very happy.
What you need 🛒
How to make it 👨🍳
Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F. Grease a 20 cm square baking tin.
Put the Medjool dates pitted in a bowl and pour over the Boiling water. Add the Bicarbonate of soda and stir — it will foam. Leave for 10 minutes until the dates are completely soft, then mash to a rough paste.
Beat the Butter and Dark brown sugar together until pale and fluffy — about 3 minutes.
Add the Eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
Stir in the Vanilla extract and the date paste.
Fold in the Self raising flour until just combined.
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 25–30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
While the pudding bakes, make the toffee sauce: gently heat the Double cream, Golden syrup, and a knob of the Butter in a small saucepan, stirring until smooth and glossy. Do not boil it.
Pour the warm toffee sauce over the pudding straight from the oven and serve immediately with Vanilla ice cream.
