Sticky date pudding

Name: Sticky date pudding
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) maple syrup; 80 g (2¾ oz) butter, plus extra for greasing; 100 g (3½ oz) butter; 80 ml (2½ fl oz/¼ cup) maple syrup; 80 ml (2½ fl oz/¼ cup) light olive oil; 80 g (2¾ oz/½ cup) coconut sugar; 225 g (8 oz/1½ cups) self-raising flour; 2 eggs; 240 g (8½ oz/1½ cups) pitted dates, coarsely chopped; vanilla ice cream, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Slow Cooker Vegetarian

By Katy Holder

Published 2018

About

Who can resist a classic sticky date pudding? You need a small slow cooker for this, with a capacity no greater than 4 litres (140 fl oz/16 cups).

Ingredients

240 g (8½ oz/1½ cups) pitted dates, coarsely chopped
1

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Grease the slow cooker and line with baking paper. Put the dates and bicarbonate of soda into a heatproof bowl. Pour over 375 ml (13 fl oz/1½