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Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce
Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce
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Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce

4.6
20 mins
40 mins
Easy
8

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  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups pitted dates, chopped
  • 1 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
  • 1¼ cups boiling water
  • 60g butter, cubed and softened
  • ¾ cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar or Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar
  • 1 cup Edmonds Self Raising Flour
  • 2 eggs

Butterscotch Sauce

  • 2 cups Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar or Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar
  • 250ml (1 cup) Meadow Fresh Original Cream
  • 50g butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

Additional tips

For a richer flavour and deeper colour use Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar.

Chelsea Butterscotch Natural Flavoured Syrup is a delicious topping for puddings.

Chelsea Products in Recipe

Soft Brown Sugar

Soft Brown Sugar

This popular sugar is used...
Dark Cane Sugar

Dark Cane Sugar

A moist, dark brown sugar...
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Method

Preheat oven to 180°C conventional or 160°C fan-forced.  Grease a 20cm square cake tin. Line the base with baking paper.

In a large bowl combine the dates, Edmonds Baking Soda and boiling water. Stand for 5 minutes.

Add Tararua Butter and Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar (or Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar) and stir until combined.

Add Edmonds Self Raising Flour and eggs; mix until just combined. Pour mixture into prepared tin. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until cooked through. Stand for 10 minutes before turning out of tin.

Slice and serve warm with hot butterscotch sauce poured over the top.

Butterscotch Sauce
Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter melted.

Additional tips

For a richer flavour and deeper colour use Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar.

Chelsea Butterscotch Natural Flavoured Syrup is a delicious topping for puddings.

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