Sticky Date Pudding (Gluten-Free Option) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup dates, chopped
1 1/4 cups water
60 g butter or 60 g margarine
1/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup gluten-free self-raising flour or 1 cup self-raising flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
Sauce
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
200 ml cream (4/5 cup)
130 g butter or 130 g margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Preparation

Preheat oven to 160\u00b0C and grease a large loaf tin or similar sized casserole dish.
Add the dates and water to a saucepan and simmer gentley, until the dates have softened. Remove from the heat.
Add the sugar, butter, bi-carb soda and vanilla essence to the date mixture ,while the mixture is still warm. Allow to cool.
Add the eggs and flour. Mix well.
Pour the mixture into the baking dish and bake for approx 30 minutes.
For the sauce: Using a saucepan- combine all sauce ingredients and simmer gentley for 5 minutes.
TO serve: place a slice or square of the date pussing in a bowl and spoon over some sauce.
Leftovers can be frozen in single-serve plastic containers and reheated in the microwave for one minute on High.