Brandy Pudding

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup dates, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar (caster or fine sugar)
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup cake flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 5 cloves
• 4 slices oranges or 4 slices lemons
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup brandy

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf/180ºc. butter a 9 inch pie dish.
• 2 pour boiling water and baking soda over the dates and allow to stand till cool.
• 3 cream butter and sugar. add eggs, one at a time, and beat well. add 1 cup flour, sifted with baking powder and salt. stir this into the date mixture, together with the nuts.
• 4 last, mix in the 1/2 cup flour, sifted with cinnamon and ginger.
• 5 pour into baking dish & bake for 45 minutes or until set.
• 6 cool slightly and pour the syrup over the top.
• 7 syrup: boil all the ingredients except brandy together for 10 minutes. add brandy and pour over the tart. serve with whipped cream.