OK, so I had to make this for Christmas Day dessert, and I lost the recipe... only finding it at the last minute, phew! But now I am typing it here, so I will never lose it again:
Sticky Date Slice with Caramel Sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
60g butter, chopped
2 eggs
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
200g fresh dates, pitted and chopped
1 tsp bicarb soda
1 1/4 cups boiling water
- Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer for 5-8min
- Add eggs, beat well
- Sift flour and baking powder, add to mixture
- Place dates in separate bowl with bicarb soda, pour over boiling water and stand for 1 min
- Then add date mixture to butter mixture, it will be very runny but this is fine
- Pour mixture into lamington tin lined with baking paper
- Bake in 180 degrees over for 30min or until springy
- Serve with caramel sauce
Caramel Sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
100g butter, chopped
1/2 cup cream
- Melt butter and sugar over low heat
- Add cream and stil for 5min or until mixture thickens
From: Donna Hay Magazine, Issue 26, March/April 2006
yummy! Happy Christmas 2008!