Sticky date cake with caramel sauce
From najwax0x0x 15 years agoIngredients
- 250g pitted dates, chopped shopping list
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water shopping list
- 125g butter, softened shopping list
- 3/4 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 eggs, at room temperature shopping list
- 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted shopping list
- caramel sauce : shopping list
- 1 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 300ml thickened cream shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 60g butter, chopped shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 7cm deep, 22cm (base) cake pan and line base with baking paper.
- Place dates and bicarbonate of soda in a heatproof bowl. Pour over boiling water. Allow to stand, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until dates are tender.
- 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, stir in date mixture and flour. Mix until well combined.
- Spoon mixture into cake pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack.
- Make caramel sauce: Combine sugar, cream, vanilla and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until boiling. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 2 minutes. Pour warm sauce over warm cake. Cut into wedges. Serve.
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