Sticky Date Pudding With Caramel Sauce

Ingredients

• _____________________For Pudding_____________________
• Soft Dates (Naram khajoor) 1 cup take the pits out
• Coffee 1/2 teaspoon
• Hot boiling water (garam pani) 1 cup
• Baking soda (meetha soda) 1 teaspoon
• All purpose flour (maida) 1 and 1/2 cup
• Brown sugar 1 cup
• Egg 1
• Baking powder 1 teaspoon
• Vanilla essence 1/4 teaspoon
• Butter 1/3 cup
• _________________________Caramel Sauce______________________
• Butter or ghee 1/2 cup
• Heavy or whipping cream 1/2 cup
• Brown sugar 1 cup

Directions

1. 1

   In a chopper or blender add pitted dates and chop the dates well to a paste.

2. 2

   Take the date's paste in a bowl, add coffee, baking soda and hot water in it and mix well. Keep this mixture aside and prepare the cake/pudding batter.

3. 3

   Sift all purpose flour and baking powder through a strainer in another bowl and keep aside.

4. 4

   Take brown sugar and butter in another bowl and beat with electric beater or hand whisk to combine both ingredients. Then add the egg, vanilla essence and beat again for 2-3 minutes or till the mixture becomes creamy.

5. 5

   Now add the prepared dates mixture in it and mix well.

6. 6

   Then gradually add already sifted dry ingredients in this wet mixture and mix to combine well.

7. 7

   Grease the ramekins ( any glass bowls or baking pan) with ghee or butter and pour the prepared batter in it. Flatten the surface of the cake batter with a spoon.

8. 8

   Bake in the oven at 180 °C for 25-30 minutes.

9. 9

   Take the baking bowl out of the oven and let the cake cool down.

10. 10

    Run a knife around the cake for taking it out easily of the baking bowl, take out in a plate.

11. 11

    ____________________For Caramel Sauce______________________

12. 12

    In a pan add butter and brown sugar and melt together on low to medium flame.

13. 13

    Add whipping cream in this mixture and quickly mix to combine. cook the mixture until sugar completely dissolves and come to a sauce texture. Take out of the pan and caramel sauce is ready to serve.

14. 14

    In a serving plate put the cake and pour the caramel sauce on top. Enjoy hot or serve a dollop of ice cream along with it.