Steps to Prepare Speedy Sticky Date Cake

Sticky Date Cake.

You can cook Sticky Date Cake using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sticky Date Cake

1. It's 250 gram of dates, chopped.
2. It's 1 teaspoon of soda.
3. It's 1 1/2 cup of boiling water.
4. It's 125 gram of butter (room temperature).
5. It's 1 cup of brown sugar.
6. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
7. It's 2 of eggs.
8. You need 1 3/4 of self raising flour.
9. It's of caramel sauce.
10. Prepare 1 cup of brown sugar.
11. It's 300 ml of thickened cream.
12. It's 1/2 of vannila extract.
13. Prepare 60 gram of butter.

Sticky Date Cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line the base of a 7cm deep, 22cm (base) cake pan. Place dates and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Pour over boiling water. Allow to stand for 20 minutes..
2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Using a large metal spoon, fold through date mixture and flour until well combined..
3. Spoon mixture into prepared cake pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn onto a plate..
4. For the sauce Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until sauce comes to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 2 minutes..
5. Pierce pudding all over with a skewer. Pour 1/2 cup of warm sauce over warm pudding. Stand for 10 minutes. Cut into wedges. Serve with remaining sauce..