1 Bag of dates
1teaspoon Baking Powder
4oz margarine
12oz brown sugar
2 eggs
16oz self raising flour.
Soak a bag of dates overnight in a pint of boiling water and add a teaspoon of baking powder.
Cream the marg and sugar, beat in the eggs & fold in the flour, Pour in the date mixture and mix.
Bake at 180 Degrees C for about 30-40 mins, test with a skewer.
(This will make enough for 2 square dishes or 1 large and 1 small).
The sauce.
4oz butter
8oz demerara Sugar
Double cream 1 carton
Melt the butter and add the sugar then the cream, heat through.
(The puddings freeze well, I’m told you can heat them from frozen but I usually remember to leave them out of the freezer for a few hours and just re-heat in the oven).
Enjoy.
