Sticky Date Pudding

Ingredients:

1 cup  pitted dates, chopped
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup water
6 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar or brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 1/2 cup  self raising flour

Sauce

1/3 cup  brown sugar
1 1/4 heavy whipping cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbsp  butter

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a 9" square cake tin.

Boil  water and put chopped dates in it. Let it simmer to cook the dates. Once dates are soft add the  baking powder and set it aside.

 Cream together the butter, vanilla and sugar until pale, light and fluffy.

Add the egg and beat well. Now add the flour followed by the dates and combine well.

Spoon into cake tin and bake for 30 minutes until the skewer comes out clean.

Combine  all the ingredients  for the sauce in a saucepan heat it up until sugar is dissolved. Stir  constantly. Remove from the heat.

Prick the warm cake all over with a skewer and pour half the sauce over the cake. Return the cake pan to the oven for 2 minutes.

Cut into square pieces and serve warm with the extra sauce.