Tart

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 250 g stoned dates, diced
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 100 g butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/4 cups chopped pecans
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup

Recipe

• 1 * to make tart:.
• 2 sprinkle bicarbonate of soda over the dates. pour the boiling water over the dates. leave to cool.
• 3 cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. when the butter mixture is light and creamy, gradually beat in the egg.
• 4 sift the dry ingredients. alternately fold the dry ingredients and the date mixture into the creamed mixture, using a metal spoon.
• 5 pour into a greased 25 cm pie dish or cake tin.
• 6 bake at 180 c (350 f) for 45 minutes until dark brown and done.
• 7 prepare the sauce and pour over the hot tart.
• 8 * to make sauce:.
• 9 bring the sugar, water and butter to the boil. remove from the heat and add the vanilla and . pour the warm sauce over the hot cake and leave to cool.
• 10 cut the tart into equal portions.
• 11 fill a large piping bag with 1 cup whipped fresh cream.
• 12 pipe a large curl of cream on each serving. add a sprinkling of chopped pecan nuts.