Date Pudding Recipes Recipe Collections

STICKY DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and chocolate in a small bowl, and set aside.
• Bring the dates and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Remove from the heat, and stir in the baking soda. Allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes, then scrape into a blender, and carefully puree until smooth; set aside.
• Cream 1/4 cup of butter together with the superfine sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Fold in the flour mixture and the date puree until well blended. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together the cream, brown sugar, and 1 cup of butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat until the butter melts; set aside.
• When the puddings have baked for 25 minutes, remove them from the oven, and cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the puddings from the muffin tin, and place them onto a baking sheet. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the sauce over each pudding, then return to the oven and bake for 5 minutes more.
• To serve, spoon some of the sauce onto the bottom of a dessert plate, and place a pudding on top. Lightly dust with confectioners' sugar, and top with a 1/4 cup scoop of ice cream. Repeat with the remaining date puddings.

DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine 1 cup brown sugar, water, and bring to a boil, cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add butter.
• In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, 1/2 cup sugar.
• Stir in milk until smooth.
• Add dates and walnuts.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Pour syrup into a 8 or 9-inch baking pan; add batter and bake for 45 minutes.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.

STICKY DATE PUDDING WITH BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• To prepare Sticky Date Pudding With Butterscotch Sauce Recipe, take the dates and milk in a medium Saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from the heat.
• Add baking soda and stir until the dates start to break down.
• Set the saucepan aside and allow mixture to cool for about 20 minutes.
• Take butter and brown sugar in a deep bowl.
• Using an Electric whisk, cream together butter and sugar until pale.
• Add the dates mixture and fold in gently.
• Sift in the flour, cinnamon and salt. Stir the mixture until everything is combined evenly.
• Preheat Oven to 180 degrees Celsius and grease the ramekins with butter.
• Spoon the mixture into ramekins/desirable moulds.
• Bake Sticky Date Pudding for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Heat all the ingredients in a medium heavy-based saucepan, stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until well combined.
• Increase heat to high and bring the sauce to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, stirring often, for 7-8 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly.
• Remove the pan from the heat and set the Butterscotch Sauce aside.
• Once the sticky date puddings are baked, allow to cool for 5 minutes and then turn upside down on a serving plate.
• Smother the sticky date pudding with warm butterscotch sauce and serve with crumbled walnuts on top.

DATE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; add dates and nuts. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to creamed mixture; set aside. , In a saucepan, combine water with remaining brown sugar and butter. Bring to a boil; boil 5 minutes. Pour into a 9-in. round baking pan. Spoon batter on top of sauce. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream or ice cream.

MOM'S DATE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease one 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Combine the sugar, flour, milk, salt, dates, nut, vanilla and baking powder and mix well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• In a saucepan over medium heat combine the brown sugar, water and butter or margarine and bring to boil. Pour brown sugar mixture over batter.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minute or until the cake tests done. Serve warm with whipped cream.

OLD FASHIONED DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring 1 cup brown sugar and water to a boil. Cook and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and add butter; set aside. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining brown sugar. Stir in milk until smooth. add dates and walnuts., Pour hot brown sugar syrup into an 8-in. square baking dish. Spoon batter over syrup. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake topping comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream.

STEAMED DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• Place dates, coffee and water into a medium sized saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Leave for 2 to 3 hours minimum or overnight for dates to fully soften and absorb the liquid.
• Heat oven to 180C. Cream butter and sugar in an electric mixer until pale and fluffy.
• Gradually mix in eggs and then flour. Stir in softened dates and set mixture aside. Lightly grease 6 x 150ml steel dariole moulds (see right) with butter or canola spray and spoon batter into the moulds until 1cm from the top of each mould.
• Place moulds into a roasting dish with sides. Add boiling water to the roasting dish until it comes 1cm up the side of the moulds. Place a small sheet of baking paper over the puddings and cover with foil being careful to firmly seal the edges. Place in oven and cook for 30 minutes or until the tops of the puddings have risen and are slightly firm and sponge-like to the touch.
• Remove from oven, discard foil and allow to rest for 3 to 4 minutes in the moulds before turning out onto a cake cooling rack. Puddings will keep for up to 1 week in a sealed container. When ready to serve reheat each pudding for 1 minute in a microwave and serve with warmed butterscotch sauce and quality vanilla bean ice cream or fresh whipped cream.
• Place sugar and half a cup of water into a medium sized pot and bring to the boil over a high heat. Continue to boil until sugar starts to turn a golden brown.
• Add cream, being careful to avoid the resulting steam and whisk to combine. Remove from heat, whisk in butter and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.