South Africans love this pudding. The recipe is up on the site but this is the one I took to our "do" at MarieAlice's house and I promised to post it. It's a dark brown date pudding which is drowned in a brandy and butter sauce. Serve with cream. Prep and cooking times are approx.

Ingredients

6 serv.

dates, chopped↗250 ml
bicarbonate of soda↗5 ml
boiling water250 ml
flour↗375 ml
baking powder↗2 1⁄2 ml
salt↗5 ml
butter↗125 ml
sugar↗250 ml
eggs, beaten↗2
nuts, chopped5 ml
SAUCE
butter↗10 ml
brown sugar↗180 ml
water↗250 ml
vanilla essence↗5 ml
ml brandy↗125

Step-by-step instructions

1
Mix the bicarbonate of soda with the boiling water and pour over the dates. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Cream the butter and sugar well and then beat in the eggs. Mix in the flour and the nuts and finally stir in the dates and water in which they have soaked. Turn into a buttered, shallow ovenproof dish and bake at 190C for 40 - 50 minutes.
2
To make the sauce: Mix the butter, brown sugar and water and boil, until it forms a syrup. Remove from the heat stir in the vanilla and brandy. Pour the sauce over the hot pudding and allow it to soak inches.

Source: food.com

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