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SMOKED SALTED CARAMEL STICKY DATE PUDDING
Ingredients
Cake
• 9.5oz roughly chopped dates
• 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
• 8.5 fl oz boiling water
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 3oz softened butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 ¼ cups plain flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
Sauce
• 12.5 fl oz cream
• 3oz butter
• 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla salt
Method
Cake
1. In a bowl sprinkle bicarb over the dates and
pour on the boiling water. Allow to stand for 10
minutes then mash with a fork until a porridge
like consistency forms.
2. In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until
smooth, add eggs and beat until combined.
3. Add the flour and baking powder. Mix well and
stir through the dates.
4. Pour into a greased cake pan.
5. Cook in the pre-heated Oven Smoker at 300°F
with apple wood smoke (or other subtle smoke)
until a skewer comes out clean (somewhere
between 1¼ and 1½ hours).
Sauce
1. Place cream in a saucepan or metal dish and
smoke for 10–15 minutes with the cake.
Add butter and continue to smoke stirring
occasionally until the butter is melted.
2. Add vanilla and brown sugar and stir well.
Continue smoking for another 10 minutes or
until everything is well combined.
3. Remove from the Oven Smoker and add vanilla
salt one pinch at a time, stirring and tasting
until a subtle amount of salt balances well with
the sweetness.
4. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer
for two (2) minutes.
5. Choose to poke holes in the cake and pour
the sauce over the whole cake or cut into
serving sized portions and pour sauce over
each portion. Serve with whipped cream or ice
cream.
