Rum-date pudding cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup All-purpose flour
½ cup Packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
⅛ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1 pack (8-oz) pitted whole dates; snipped
¼ cup Margarine or butter; cut up
1 cup Boiling water
¼ cup Dark rum
1 teaspoon Vanilla
½ cup Chopped walnuts
1½ cup Boiling water
1 cup Packed brown sugar
Whipped cream or ice cream

Directions

In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, the ½ cup brown sugar, the baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set flour mixture aside.

In a medium mixing bowl place dates and margarine or butter. Add the 1 cup boiling water. Stir till the margarine or butter melts. Stir in rum and vanilla. Stir the date mixture and walnuts into the flour mixture just till smooth. Spread in an ungreased 9x9x2-inch baking pan.

In a medium mixing bowl stir together the 1½ cups boiling water and the 1 cup brown sugar. Pour evenly over batter in pan. Bake in a 350 degree F.

oven about 55 minutes or till done. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream. Makes 9 servings.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 509 by James and Susan Kirkland <kirkland@...> on Jan 12, 1998

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