{"id":218,"date":"2011-06-20T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=218"},"modified":"2016-04-30T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T10:00:34","slug":"sticky-date-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/06\/sticky-date-pudding\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticky Date Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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– Reason: “This is not a healthy dessert!”<\/div>\n

– Health-conscious foodie: “But is has no refined sugar in it!”
\n– Reason: ” But a ton of dates.”
\n– Health-conscious foodie: “But at least it’s a natural sweetener.”
\n– Reason: “Yeah, a ton of it.”
\n– Health-conscious foodie: “But its pretty low in fat with just a 1\/4 cup…..”
\n– Reason: “But it’s butter.”
\n– … silence…
\n– Reason: “and two eggs”.
\n– … silence….
\n– Reason: “Baaaaaad!”
\n– Health-conscious foodie: “But perhaps still better than a slice of Black Forest Cake or a Donut???”
\n– … …<\/p>\n

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Hey, it’s a treat and a nice one. Here in Dubai, the world’s centre of date production, I had my first Sticky Date Pudding only a few weeks back, baked by an Australian (thanks, Sarah<\/a> The Hedonista<\/a>, for getting me addicted to them and having above conversation in my head every time I eat one).<\/p>\n

At least I got the refined sugar cut out by adding more dates to the batter. And I still love to drown my pudding in sweeter-than-hell date sauce<\/a>. To be honest, after that it doesn’t really make such a big difference, if you add a scoop of vanilla ice cream too. Enjoy! This is one of the yummiest desserts I have had in a long time!
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STICKY DATE PUDDING<\/b>
\nslightly adapted from The Hedonista <\/i><\/a>
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\n(Print Recipe<\/a>)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
1 1\/2 cups (270g) dates, pitted and roughly chopped<\/div>\n
1 teaspoon baking soda<\/div>\n
300ml water<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup (60g) butter, chopped<\/div>\n
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2 eggs<\/div>\n
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/div>\n
3\/4 cup whole wheat or whole spelt flour<\/div>\n
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Serves 6-8<\/div>\n

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\nPreheat oven to 180C. Grease mini doughnut or muffin tin, or a regular 20cm baking tin.<\/p>\n

Place chopped dates in bowl , sprinkle baking soda over them. Then pour over boiling water. Stir in chopped butter and let stand for 15 minutes. In a food processor, blend the mixture until creamy.<\/p>\n

Combine eggs and vanilla extract and beat lightly. Combine with date mixture.<\/p>\n

Place flour into a medium bowl. Add date egg mixture. Stir until combined. Pour batter into prepared tin. Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes (if in mini doughnut tin), 25-30 minutes (if in regular muffin tins), 35 to 40 minutes (if in regular round baking tin), or until tester comes out clean.<\/p>\n

Best served warm with date sauce<\/a> and vanilla ice cream.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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