Brandy Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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

Recipe

• 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 180°c 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.