Chocolate Fig & Date Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 150 g chocolate, dark 70%
• 250 g dates
• 250 g figs, dried & chopped
• 900 ml water
• 10 g bicarbonate of soda
• 120 g butter
• 500 g sugar
• 6 eggs
• 15 ml vanilla bean paste
• 500 g self-rising flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 450 g chocolate, orange flavoured
• 250 ml milk
• 60 g brown sugar
• 35 g butter, unsalted

Recipe

• 1 bring the water to the boil, then add the figs and dates.
• 2 add in the bicarb and stir well to combine. remove from heat and cool at least 2 hours to reach room temperature.
• 3 preheat oven to 160°c.
• 4 sift the flour, salt and cocoa and set aside.
• 5 cream the butter, then add the sugar, vanilla and egss and beat until light and fluffy.
• 6 line a 33cm x 23cm cake pan with baking paper.
• 7 add half the fig and date mixtrue to the butter mix and mix on a low speed until combined.
• 8 melt the chocolate by finely chopping and setting over a pan of barely simmering water. add the melted chocolate to the pudding mixture along with the flour/cocoa and mix to well combined.
• 9 pour into prepared cake pan and smooth top.
• 10 bake for 45 mins to 1 hour. test with skewer for doness.
• 11 serve warm with sauce.
• 12 sauce.
• 13 boil the milk and cream together.
• 14 take off heat and add the chopped chocolate, sugar and butter.
• 15 stir until smooth.