OLD CAPE BRANDY PUDDING

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An old South African recipe from the Western Cape area. Deeelicious and really worth making on a winter's night. This is S A comfort food at its best!

Provided by Zurie

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/2 lb dates, stoned and chopped up
1 teaspoon baking soda (bicarb. of soda)
1 cup boiling water
4 ounces butter (the real stuff)
7 ounces sugar, you can use caster sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 lb cake flour or 1/2 lb all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup water
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup brandy, good quality

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
  • You need a large ovenproof pudding dish, or 2 pie plates. Grease or spray with nonstick spray.
  • Put the chopped dates in a bowl. Add the baking soda, and pour over the boiling water.
  • Stir to mix and leave to cool.
  • Cream together the butter and sugar until creamy (I use caster sugar, which, being fine, creams more easily). Add the beaten eggs and mix well.
  • Sieve together the flour, baking powder and salt, then fold it into the creamed mixture.
  • Stir in the date mixture, and then the nuts. Fold in thoroughly.
  • Ladle into your prepared dish or pie plates, and put into oven. The baking time is approximately 50 minutes, but will depend on the dishes used. Test with a skewer, but a few crumbs will often adhere to the stick even when the pudding is done.
  • While it's baking, make the syrup.
  • Heat the sugar, butter and water together, stirring, until sugar has melted almost completely. Do not boil.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla, salt and brandy.
  • When the pudding or pies come out of the oven, pour over the hot syrup. It will sink in slowly.
  • Serve hot or cold with ice cream, whipped cream or custard.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 880.5, Fat 33.9, SaturatedFat 13.9, Cholesterol 112.8, Sodium 687.3, Carbohydrate 127.5, Fiber 5, Sugar 91.1, Protein 9.3

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