Sticky Date Pudding

• Sticky Date Pudding with BUTTER SCOTCH Sauce
• For pudding
• 1 3/4 cups packed pitted dates (283gm) 10 ounces
• 230mls water
• 230mls orange juice
• 7.5mls teaspoons baking soda
• 475mls all-purpose flour (300gm)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 90mls unsalted butter; softened (75gm)
• 230mls granulated sugar (200gm)
• 3 large eggs
• For sauce
• 205mls unsalted butter (200gm)
• 345mls packed light brown sugar (225gm)
• 230mls thick double cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Accompaniment: Thick double cream

1. Make pudding:
2. Preheat oven to 375u0b0F or 190.c and butter and flour a 20.32cm (8-inch) square baking pan 5.5cm(2 inches deep), knocking out excess flour.
3. Coarsely chop dates and in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan simmer dates in water and orange juice, uncovered, 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and stir in baking soda. (Mixture will foam.) Let mixture stand 20 minutes.
4. While mixture is standing, into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, ginger, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, beating after each addition until just combined. Add date mixture and with a wooden spoon stir batter until just combined well.
5. Pour batter into baking pan and set pan in a larger baking pan. Add enough hot water to larger pan to reach halfway up sides of smaller pan and bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove smaller pan from water bath and cool pudding to warm on a rack.
6. Make sauce while pudding is cooling:
7. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan melt butter over moderate heat and add brown sugar. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally, and stir in cream and vanilla. Simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly, about 5 minutes. Cool sauce to warm.
8. Cut warm pudding into large pieces. Serve pudding with cream and warm sauce.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/sticky-date-pudding-1210865 (may not work)