Sticky date and pecan pudding
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
This handy freezer-friendly sticky date dessert is your licence to chill - and thrill!
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups roughly chopped pitted dried dates
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 100g butter, softened
  • ¾ cup caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1⅓ cups self-raising flour
  • ¾ cup pecan nuts, toasted, chopped
  • Butterscotch sauce (see related recipe) and double cream, to serve
Instructions
  1. Step 1:
  2. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 22cm (base) round cake pan. Line base with baking paper.
  3. Step 2:
  4. Combine dates and 1¾ cups cold water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in bicarbonate of soda. Cover. Stand for 5 minutes. Process mixture until smooth.
  5. Step 3:
  6. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time (mixture will curdle at this stage). Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Stir in flour, then pecans and date mixture. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
  7. Step 4:
  8. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Stand for 10 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool. Serve with sauce and cream.
Recipe by Mithila.net at http://www.mithila.net/deserts/sticky-date-pecan-pudding-4995.html