Recipe - Sticky Toffee Pudding 2

2 One half cup Water
1 pack Pitted dates (10ounce)
chopped
2 teaspoon Baking soda
One half cup Unsalted butter; (1 stick)
1 1/3 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 cup Unsifted allpurpose flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Brown sugar
1/3 cup Butter
1/3 cup Half and half
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2inch baking pan. Line
bottom with waxed paper or parchment. Grease paper. Place date pieces in a
pot with water and bring to a boil. Stir in soda and set aside. Cream
butter then add sugar and beat until creamed. Continue beating, adding eggs
2 at a time, mixing until fluffy, add vanilla. Mix in flour and baking
powder, alternating with dates. Bake in a 325 degree oven until firm, about
4045 minutes, cool in pan on a wire rack. Invert cake onto rack; remove
paper; invert cake again. Cover and chill. Cut out triangles. Cover with
sauce. Warm to order1 minute in microwave. For sauce, add last 4
ingredients together and boil 3 minutes. Garnish with caramelized pears and
dried pear chips. Yield: 9 portions
Recipe By : BAKERS' DOZEN (GALE GAND) SHOW #BD1A32

Posted to EATL Digest 5 November 96

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 20:33:45 0600

From: Jackie Bordelon jbord@PREMIER.NET