Brandy Pudding

• 250 g dates, chopped
• 3 ml bicarbonate of soda
• 250 ml boiling water
• 120 g butter
• 180 ml caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 250 ml cake flour
• 3 ml baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 125 ml chopped pecan nuts or 125 ml chopped walnuts
• 125 ml cake flour
• 5 ml ground cinnamon
• 5 ml ground ginger
• 250 ml water
• 375 ml sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 5 cloves
• 3 orange strips or 3 lemon peel strips
• 2 tablespoons butter

1. Pour boiling water and bicarbonate of soda onto the dates and allow to stand.
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well.
4. Add 250ml flour, sifted with baking powder and salt.
5. Stir this into the date mixture, together with the nuts.
6. Lastly, mix in 125ml flour, sifted with cinnamon and ginger.
7. Pour into a well-buttered pie dish.
8. Bake at 180C for 45 minutes.
9. Cool slightly and pour over the syrup.
10. For Syrup:.
11. Boil all these ingredients together for 10 minutes.
12. Add 125ml brandy and pour over the tart.
13. Serve with whipped cream or rascarpone beaten with a little lemon rind.

dates, bicarbonate of soda, boiling water, butter, caster sugar, eggs, cake flour, baking powder, salt, pecan nuts, cake flour, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, water, sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, orange strips, butter

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/brandy-pudding-12261 (may not work)