Not convinced I’ve found the best recipe yet…

Ingredients

• 280g dates, roughly chopped
• 1tsp baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 8-g butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Butterscotch sauce

• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 70g butter

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 (or 160 if fan bake)
2. Grease a square baking dish, or 6x individual ramekins
3. Place dates in a bowl, sprinkle over baking soda. Pour over boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes then mash well with a potato masher.
4. Beat butter & sugar in a bowl. Add eggs & beat.
5. Add flour and baking powder and mix.
6. Add dates and combine until just incorporated.
7. Pour into chosen baking dish(es) and bake for 30 minutes (1 dessert) or 20 minutes (individual ramekins), until skewer comes out clean.
8. To make butterscotch sauce, place all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, stir and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes stirring just once, then remove from the heat.
9. While dessert is still hot, poke holes throughout the entire dessert and spoon over approx. 1/2 cup of butterscotch sauce. Leave to soak for 10 minutes.
10. Serve with cream or ice cream and remaining sauce.