Ingredients
4 oz butter
12oz white sugar
12 oz chopped dates
12 oz self raising flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 pint of water (2 cups)
4 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Method
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Add eggs then flour
Cook dates in water for one minute, then add bicarbonate of soda
Allow to cool
Add dates to butter mixture with vanilla essence
Mix well, pour into well greased and flour dusted, 5 inch pudding basin
Cook 350 F for approximately 30 minutes in pre heated oven
Allow to cool for a few minutes, remove pudding
Serve with hot sauce and ice cream if you like
Treacle Sauce
7 oz heavy cream
3 oz butter
4 Tablespoons of black treacle
3 oz dark brown sugar
2 Tablespoons of golden syrup
Method
Place all ingredients together in a pot, bring to a boil
Remove from heat
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