Carol'S Sticky Toffee Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 ounces butter
6 ounces granulated sugar
1 egg
8 ounces self rising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 ounces chopped dates
10 ounces boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sauce
7 1/2 ounces brown sugar
4 1/2 ounces butter
5 ounces whipping cream

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350^F.
Sift Flour and Baking Powder together.
Put Dates, Soda and Vanilla in boiling water.
Cream Butter and Sugar; beat in Egg and Flour/Baking powder mixture.
(Very firm mixture) Blend in the Date mixture.
Pour into a buttered 9 inch square baking pan.
Bake until firm, about 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, place all of the sauce ingredients into a pan and melt slowly.
Boil for one minute.
When the pudding is removed from the oven, pour some of the sauce over the top and place under the broiler until it bubbles.
(I like to poke a few holes in the pudding first to allow some of the sauce to make its way inside) Be careful not to burn.
Serve the pudding warm with the rest of the sauce.