Dalvay By The Sea Sticky Date Pudding With Toffee Sauce Recipe

This is date pudding with a sauce made from unsalted butter, brown sugar, and heavy cream.

Recipe Ingredients

• Pudding
• 1 3/4 cups packed pitted dates (about 10 ounces)
• 2 cups water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch square baking pan (2 inches deep), knocking out excess flour.
2. Coarsely chop dates and in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan simmer dates in water, uncovered, 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and stir in baking soda. (Mixture will foam.) Let mixture stand 20 minutes.
3. While mixture is standing, into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, ginger, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, beating after each addition until just combined. Add date mixture and with a wooden spoon stir batter until just combined well.
4. Pour batter into baking pan and set pan in a larger baking pan. Add enough hot water to larger pan to reach halfway up sides of smaller pan and bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove smaller pan from water bath and cool pudding to warm on a rack.
5. Make Sauce while pudding is cooling.
6. Sauce
   1 3/4 sticks (3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) unsalted butter
   1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
   1 cup heavy cream
   1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
7. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan melt butter over moderate heat and add brown sugar. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally, and stir in cream and vanilla extract. Simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly, about 5 minutes. Cool sauce to warm.
8. Cut warm pudding into squares. Serve pudding with vanilla ice cream and warm Sauce.
9. Serves 6 to 8.

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Recipe Categories

• Meal Type: Dessert
• Ethnicity: American
• Preparation Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour

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