Sticky Date Pudding With Balsamic Caramel Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

185 g dates (pitted)
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
60 g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
185 g caster sugar
2 lge eggs
185 g self-rising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
75 g brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 tablespoons cream
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

Preparation

For Pudding.
Put 300ml water in a saucepan, add dates and bring to the boil. Remove from heat, add bicarb soda, stir and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one by one, beating well each time. Fold in flour, stir in date mixture and vanilla, and pour into a greased 18cm square cake tin.
Bake at 160C for 50 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
For Sauce
Combine sugar and butter in a pan and stir over low heat until melted. Add cream and vinegar, bring to the boil, remove from heat and serve warm not hot.