It may undo your diet plans and the workout you’ve just gone through, but who can resist the lush chocolate goodness of this dessert? Consider this sweet treat as a self-reward for a tough day; or a fantastic way to end a week. This recipe serves eight.
Tip: If you don’t have dariole moulds for the puddings, you can use regular muffin tins. Just make sure they are placed in a larger baking tray that’s filled with water.
INGREDIENTS
180g dates, pitted and roughly chopped
1 cups water
tsp baking soda
60g butter, softened
cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1 cup self-raising flour, sifted
8 scoops vanilla ice cream (optional)
For the butterscotch sauce
50g butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup single cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Lightly grease eight metal dariole moulds, each with a cup capacity.
- Place dates and water in a saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, add the baking soda, and stir until the dates break down, about 1min. Set aside to cool, stirring
occasionally. - In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar, and add the eggs one at a time. Beat until the
mixture is light and fluffy. - Stir in the date mixture until combined. Carefully fold in the flour. Divide the mixture evenly between the eight moulds, around full.
- Place the moulds in a baking tray and carefully add water into the tray until it reaches of the
sides of the moulds. Bake for 40min or until golden-brown and a skewer inserted comes
out clean. - To make the butterscotch sauce, cook the butter, brown sugar, cream and vanilla in a small
saucepan over low heat until the butter melts and sugar dissolves. - Bring the sauce to a boil, reduce heat and cook for 5min or until the sauce thickens slightly.
- To serve, invert the hot puddings onto serving plates and drizzle butterscotch sauce over them.
- Top each with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Alex Putti is the head pastry chef from Boomarang Bistro & Bar. Boomarang is located at 60 Robertson Quay #01-15 The Quayside Singapore 238252, tel: 67381077, website: boomarang.com.sg.
This article was originally published in SimplyHer June 2011.