Do you watch The Great British Bake Off? What about this Sticky Date and Banana Pudding Recipe?

Sticky Date and Banana Pudding. My daughter Lilly is getting very good at baking in the kitchen. She already knows what ingredients are needed to make pancakes and Victoria sponges. Mum, Sue, is a big fan of eating the results. Definitely more than she is of making them. But Sue really comes into her own with the hit TV program The Great British Bake Off. She is a real fan and is glued to every episode. She takes on board all of the tips, passing them on to me. So in honour of the new season time for my first dessert post. Sticky Date and Banana Pudding.

What to drink?

The best choices for the very sweet Sticky Date and Banana Pudding are drinks which emphasise rather than contrast with the sweetness sweet Oloroso sherry, nutty Tawny Port or bittersweet strong Barley Wines but all of them pack an alcoholic punch.

This recipe for Sticky Date and Banana Pudding is a family favourite at home and in many of the restaurants that I have worked in. It is a little lighter than some of the all date recipes and I like the addition of a little spice. You will find it is a moist, easy to make sponge, using the creaming method. This is the beating of butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Creaming incorporates lots of air bubbles before adding eggs and folding in the flour. This recipe improves in flavour after a couple of days and goes well with a nice vanilla pod ice cream.

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Sticky Date and Banana Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce

Course Dessert, Pudding

Cuisine English

Keyword Dessert, Pudding, Sticky Toffee Pudding

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Servings 8 people

Author Christian Gott

Equipment

• 1 6 inch deep sided baking tray or 10 small dariole moulds
• Soft butter and caster sugar to stop puddings sticking

Ingredients

For the Pudding

• 300 gr Unsalted Jersey Butter
• 360 gr Soft Brown Sugar
• 5 fresh free-range Eggs
• 380 gr Plain Flour
• 25 gr Baking Powder
• 3 ripe Bananas mashed
• 100 gr Dates destoned and puréed
• 2 tablespoons Black Treacle
• 2 Vanilla Pods
• ½ tsp powdered Ginger
• ½ tsp ground Cinnamon

For the Sauce

• 50 gr Unsalted Jersey Butter
• 125 gr light Muscovado Sugar
• A small 170 gr tin of Evaporated Milk

Instructions

For the Pudding

• Preheat your oven to 350 F / 180 C / Gas mark 4 . In a large mixing bowl beat the butter, sugar, and treacle together until the mixture is light and creamy in texture.
• Slice open the vanilla pods and using a small sharp knife scrape out the seeds and add to the bowl. Keep the pods to make vanilla sugar.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and spices together and beat the eggs together in a small bowl.
• Incorporate the egg a spoon at a time, beating into the creamed butter and sugar. If the mixture looks like splitting and curdling add a little flour.
• When all of the egg is beaten into butter and sugar, fold in the flour using a metal spoon. Finally, mix in the mashed banana and date purée.
• Butter and sprinkle on caster sugar to coat the bottom and sides of the baking tray or moulds. Spoon in the mixture trying not to dribble on the sides of the tins, then gently tap the bottoms on to the work surface to remove any air bubbles.
• Place in the oven and cook for ten minutes then turn down the heat to 300 F /150 C / Gas mark 2 and continue to bake for one hour and twenty minutes. Cover with buttered greaseproof paper if necessary to prevent burning.
• When a skewer can be inserted in the centre of the sponge and it comes out clean remove from the oven and leave to cool for ten minutes before turning out onto cooling racks.

For the Sauce

• Heat the butter in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan, over a medium heat, until melted then add the sugar continuously stirring until it is totally dissolved.
• Bring to the boil and cook for three minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the evaporated milk.
• Return to the heat and bring up to the boil to serve. The sauce can be made in advance and store in a sealed jar in the refrigerator.

Notes

Allergens in this recipe are;

Sulphites in dates

Please see the allergens page

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