What is the origin of sticky date pudding?

Answer 1

recipe- * 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for greasing pan * 1 cup self-rising cake flour plus additional for flouring pan * 1 cup pitted dates (5 oz), finely chopped * 1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar * 1 large egg

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour an 8- by 2-inch round cake pan. Simmer dates in 1 cup water in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, covered, until soft, about 5 minutes. Let stand, covered, off heat 5 minutes. Beat together 1 stick butter and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg until combined. Add flour and 1/8 teaspoon salt and mix at low speed until just combined. Add dates and mix until just combined well. Pour batter into pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, melt remaining stick butter in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat and stir in remaining cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup water, and a pinch of salt. Boil over moderately high heat, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and sauce is reduced to about 1 1/4 cups, 2 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and cover. Transfer pudding in pan to a rack and poke all over at 1-inch intervals with a chopstick. Gradually pour half of warm sauce evenly over hot pudding. Let stand until almost all of sauce is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of pan. Invert a plate over pudding and invert pudding onto plate. Pour remaining warm sauce over pudding and serve immediately. (i got this from my mums cookbook :)

Answer 2

it is a pudding known as a " sponge " type of pudding because the mix is of a sponge - cake type ;

it contains, brown sugar , some fruit and dates

the brown sugar is used with butter to make toffee sauce

Answer 3

It looks like it's Australian ... I am Australian and live in London but no one had ever heard of it when I mentioned it.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Sticky_date_pudding

Answer 4

Many websites offer variations of a traditional sticky toffee pudding recipe. The Food Network, BBC Good Food, All Recipes, Bon Appetit, as well as Jaime Oliver's website all offer recipes.

Answer 5

England