Sticky date pudding

Does anybody have a good recipe for this pudding please

Sticky Date Pudding:
Ingredients:
1 ½ Cups chopped Dates
1tspn Baking Soda
150mls Boiling Water
125g Butter
¾ Cup sugar
2 Eggs
1 cup S/R Flour

Method:
Mix the chopped Dates, Baking Soda and boiling Water together
Put aside
Cream the Butter and Sugar in blender
Add Eggs, S/R Flour, and Dates mixture
Pour into greased baking dish and bake 190oC 30-35mins

Caramel Sauce
100gs Melted Butter
3 Cups Brown Sugar
300mls Cream
1 tspn Vanilla Essence

Stir and heat and simmer 4-5mins
Pour over sticky date pudding when it comes out of oven & return to oven to soak in

This is the best recipe ever IMO

I have recently discovered this food blog, and today's recipe is for sticky date pud. I intend to make it tomorrow night.

http://www.culinaryexplorationsnz. blogspot.com/

If you want more then type sticky date pudding into box titled 'keyword or member" in the top left corner of this page. In the box titled "date posted", click on the drop down arrow and click Anytime then enter or search and there are heaps of threads and recipes.

Hi. . when I make sticky date pudding, I make it as a steamed pudding - a really lovely sticky and flavoursome result, with no crispy edges. . and it can be made in a crockpot. . it's rather moreish too! :-)