Quick & easy Sticky Date Puddings with Caramel Sauce = the BEST comfort food dessert! These are sure to become a family favourite after just one bite…
Ok I have a confession. I am well and truly in the midst of a massive winter dessert marathon right now. I’m blaming the rain and the wind for my constant craving of piping hot desserts smothered in ice-cream (yes chocolate self-saucing pudding and apple crumble, I’m talking about you two). Is anybody else feeling the same way?
Well these easy sticky date puddings with caramel sauce are the perfect fix. Like a bazillion times over. Man they’re good.
I’d been having the biggest craving for sticky date pud for weeks and just knew that these little babies had to happen. And soon!
Now if you haven’t had sticky date pudding before (say WHAT!!??), then just imagine the most deliciously moist date pudding smothered in sweet, sweet caramel sauce. And then, to top it all off, a big scoop of ice-cream. Absolute bliss I tell you.
You can make these easy sticky date puddings with caramel sauce as little mini ones (like I’ve done here), or you can whack all of the pudding mixture together and bake it as one big pudding. Either way, it’s going to taste great! Just make sure you increase the cooking time if you do it as a big pudding.
I made my puddings in pretty big ramekins (each was enough to feed 2 people… because sharing is caring) and it made 6 puddings. If you used mini ramekins, it would make 8-10, or if you use a muffin tray you’ll get about 12 mini puddings. Whatever you have lying around in your cupboard is fine. Seriously, don’t let anything get in your way of baking these yummy puddings.
What makes these sticky date puddings so good is definitely the caramel sauce. It’s the easiest thing ever to make… and you’ll be eating it straight from the jar with a spoon (and yes, I know this from personal experience). Plus the hot caramel sauce will melt your ice-cream, making everything so deliciously smooched together (that’s probably not the right word – but you get the idea!).
So kiss goodbye to the winter blues (damn you cold weather) and say a big fat hello to these yummy and easy sticky date puddings with caramel sauce. Yes, oozy gooey caramel sauce… the food of champions!
Easy Sticky Date Puddings with Caramel Sauce - Conventional Method
Ingredients
- 220 g pitted dates
- 250 ml (1 cup) water
- 1 tsp bi-carbonate soda
- 100 g butter
- 110 g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 50 g (1/4 cup) brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 225 g (1 1/2 cups) self-raising flour
- Sauce:
- 200 g brown sugar 1 cup
- 125 g thickened cream 1/2 cup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g butter
- vanilla ice-cream to serve
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius (170 degrees fan-forced).
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Grease 6 large ramekins (or 8-10 small ramekins) and set aside.
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Place dates, boiling water and bi-carb soda into a food processor (or Thermomix) and leave for 5 minutes.
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Add butter, caster sugar and brown sugar and process for 20 seconds or until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the food processor and repeat for a further 10 seconds.
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Add the eggs, vanilla extract and self-raising flour to the food processor and mix for 10-15 seconds. Scrape and repeat for a further 5 seconds.
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Divide the mixture equally between the ramekins.
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Bake for 20-30 minutes (depending on the size of the ramekins used). The mixture will spring back when cooked.
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To make the caramel sauce, place the brown sugar, thickened cream, vanilla extract and butter into a saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium heat and then reduce to a simmer for 2 minutes.
Easy Sticky Date Puddings with Caramel Sauce - Thermomix Method
Ingredients
- 220 g pitted dates
- 250 ml (1 cup) water
- 1 tsp bi-carbonate soda
- 100 g butter
- 110 g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 50 g (1/4 cup) brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 225 g (1 1/2 cups) self-raising flour
- Sauce:
- 200 g brown sugar 1 cup
- 125 g thickened cream 1/2 cup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g butter
- vanilla ice-cream to serve
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius (170 degrees fan-forced).
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Grease 6 large ramekins (or 8-10 small ramekins) and set aside.
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Place dates, boiling water and bi-carb soda into the TM bowl. Leave for 5 minutes.
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Add butter, caster sugar and brown sugar and mix on Speed 6, 10 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and repeat for a further 10 seconds.
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Add the eggs, vanilla extract and self-raising flour to the bowl and mix on Speed 6, 5 seconds. Scrape and repeat for a further 5 seconds.
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Divide the mixture equally between the ramekins.
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Bake for 20-30 minutes (depending on the size of the ramekins used). The mixture will spring back when cooked.
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To make the caramel sauce, place the brown sugar, thickened cream, vanilla extract and butter into the TM bowl. Cook on Varoma, 10 minutes, Speed 3 (with the MC off).
Wow! What an impressive dessert you’ve created Lucy! I love sticky date pudding – always order it out at restaurants. Yours looks absolutely beautiful!
I LOVE Sticky Date Pudding and could probably eat one a whole one to myself!
I have a weekness for British desserts so this really strikes a sensitive cord. Well done!
Thank you!
How do you make the caramel sauce you only have the vm instructions.
Oops! Sorry! My fault! All fixed now!
I’m back in Melbourne in August and this is Dad’s favourite dessert of all time – I’ll have to wait til then to make it it’s too hot for me at the moment!
Woo hoo! Oh that will be perfect weather for sticky date puds!
OMG! I don’t have ramekins so I will just have to make one big pudding!
Absolutely!
Looks delicious, great photos too
Thank you!
How long will the caramel sauce last? Best way to store it?
If you seal it in a sterilised jar and store it in the fridge, it will last a week or two. But if you just keep it in the fridge in a container, I’d say a couple of days 🙂
I love sticky pudding! Thank you so much for sharing with YWF. x
Thanks Vicki!
Amazing! This is hubby’s favourite dessert but we have never made it from scratch.
Enjoy!
I love sticky date pudding but haven’t had it in ages. An old friend used to always make it for dessert at dinner parties.
Oh yes it’s just such a classic!
Mum ,I do have a date, a sticky date (Kim, Kath and Kim) love a sticky date Lucy! these look amazing
Hahaha!
Yum! Sticky Date pudding is my favourite! I first had it at a caravan park when I was backpacking around Australia – to me it will always be quintessentially Australian! These look ace!
Oh that’s great!!! It’s definitely a fave here!
Hello
Can you make the sticky date pudding one or two days before and make the sauce on the day? If SoDo u warm them up in the microwave
Absolutely you can! You can also freeze them which will keep them beautifully fresh and then you can just reheat them. And yes, you can reheat in the microwave 🙂
Hi
Can i make it in advance?
Definitely! I often make these and then freeze them. 🙂
I had sticky pudding in London while on vacation , I loved it, finally 2 or 3 years later a wonderful lady I met on line on a craft site gave me the recipe. ,but having the idea of doing them in ramekins is perfect for me now that I live alone. I can freeze them , oh, happy day. Thank you,thank you!
Oh that’s so lovely!!! Oh yes – absolutely perfect dessert for 1!! xx
This is amazing! One of my favourite desserts. I love how you have made them as mini puddings. Quick question, how did you get the pudding so perfectly out of the ramekin?
Hi Marianne, oh thank you so much!!!! I just make sure I grease them well (and occasionally I’ll shake flour around the inside edges and bottom of the ramekin to help them come out easily. xx
Thank you so much for this delicious recipe! I made individual puddings in a muffin tin and they were perfect portions.
Yay!!! That’s so great to hear!! xx
I just made these and cooked them in muffin trays to take to a BBQ. They were devine and everyone complimented me on how beautiful they were. The bonus is we had left over puddings to enjoy for a few nights after so yummy
Yay! I’m thrilled that you and your friends liked them! xx
Hi, can I double this recipe in the thermomix? Or will it be too much?
Hi Jess, hmm I havent doubled it in the Thermie yet sorry! Let me know how you go!
I was thinking of doing these for a dinner party of 12. If I made ahead and froze which is the best way to reheat… could I defrost the day of then reheat on a low oven setting? Cheers
Hi Rachel, I would make the sticky date puddings and freeze them and then make the caramel sauce on the day. To reheat the puddings, you could simply allow them to defrost then microwave until warm. xx