This weeks recipe

This is a family recipe handed down from my sister-in-law's side. Very easy to make and delicious but it is not a recipe I recommend you make every week. Your doctor will have you "unsubscribing" from my blog and we can't have that now can we?

 Hope you enjoy. As usual when it comes to anything my family or I have going, there will be a catch somewhere and sometimes the recipes, to some degree, are open for interpretation. There are two instances in this recipe that you need to exercise some self management with. 

1. notice the brown sugar ("2 and a bit cups"............ )
2. and my favourite ( Cook in a 175 degree oven till cooked............... what can I say?) 

Sticky date cake and sauce

This makes 3 loaf tins

Soak (10 mins) 500gs of pitted dates in 600mls of boiling water that has 2 teaspoons of bi-carb soda and 120gs of butter.

All in a mixing bowl:

2 teaspoons of vanilla essence

5 large eggs

360g of SR flour

2 and a bit cups of brown sugar

250g of walnuts (chopped not crushed)

Add date mixture into the mixing bowl with the above – and using the electric mixer, mix for 5 mins

pour mixture evenly into 3 greased loaf tins.

Cook in 175 degree oven till cooked.

Sauce

300 mls of cream

100g of butter

300g of brown sugar – dark brown sugar is better if you have it.

2 teaspoons of vanilla essence

Bring to boil and then turn right down and simmer for 5 mins.

Serve warm with ice-cream.  

 Date Cake finished spongy and moist. 170* for 45 minutes

Sauce caramalised beautifully