Name: Sticky Date Slab Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8-10
Ingredients: 11⁄4 cups water; 11⁄2 cups (250g) pitted dates, finely chopped; 1⁄2 tsp bicarbonate soda; 125g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature; 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 tsps vanilla essence; 3 eggs; 2 cups plain flour; 3 tsps ground cinnamon; 2 tsps baking powder; Vanilla ice-cream, to serve; SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE; 11⁄2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed; 11⁄2 cups pure cream; 75g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature; 1 tsp sea salt

Sticky Date Slab Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce

You love sticky date pudding – why not try a sticky date cake?

Serves 8-10

Prep

25M

Cook

25M

Total

50M

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Who doesn’t love sticky date?

Ingredients

11⁄4 cups water

 11⁄2 cups (250g) pitted dates, finely chopped

1⁄2 tsp bicarbonate soda

125g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature

3⁄4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

2 tsps vanilla essence 

3 eggs 

2 cups plain flour 

3 tsps ground cinnamon 

2 tsps baking powder

Vanilla ice-cream, to serve

SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE 

11⁄2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed 

11⁄2 cups pure cream 

75g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature

1 tsp sea salt

Method

Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base and all sides with baking paper, extending paper 3cm above pan edges. 

Bring water to boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from the heat. Stir in dates and soda. Transfer to a large bowl. Cool for 15 minutes. 

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in the small bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Mixture may look curdled at this stage.

Add to date mixture with combined sifted flour, cinnamon and baking powder. Stir until combined. Pour into prepared pan. Smooth over top. 

Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Remove from oven. Stand cake in pan.

Meanwhile, make salted caramel sauce. Combine  all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil. Gently boil for about 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened. 

Using a skewer, gently pierce all over top of hot cake. Pour over 1 cup of hot sauce. Stand for 10 minutes to soak. 

Serve warm cake with ice-cream and remaining sauce.

This recipe originally appeared on New Idea Food

Barbara Northwood

Barbara, former Food Director, has over 38 years experience in the food industry, loves sharing advice, recipes and know-how on everything food. She’s a passionate gardener and being to grow fresh herbs, lemons and rhubarb and more, gives her great satisfaction.

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