Sticky Date Pudding

Ingredients
180g Dried Dates, chopped rough
1 Tspn Bi-carb Soda
60g Butter
180g Castor Sugar
2 Large Eggs
180g Self Raising Flour
1 Tspn Vanilla Essence
300ml Boiling Water

Sauce
150g Brown Sugar
150ml Cream
50g Butter

Method
Pre-heat the oven to 190 dgrees Celcius. Pit and chop the dates. Then pour boiling water over the dates with Bi-card Soda and stand to cool.

Next, in a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well. Add the vanilla essence and then add the date mixture and flour together while mixing well.

Meanwhile, line a cake tin with baking paper. Pour the mixture into the tin and place in the oven for approximately 45 minutes.

For the sauce, bring all of the ingredients to a gentle boil and then simmer until the brown sugar has dissolved. Pour over the cake and serve with ice cream.