Sticky Chocolate Date and Walnut Pudding | Cooking with California Walnuts | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

This saucy and delectable dessert is the perfect thing to impress your guests over dinner.

STICKY CHOCOLATE DATE AND WALNUT PUDDING

Ingredients

1½ cups refined flour (maida)
1 cup seedless dates, chopped
¾ cup chopped California walnuts
2 tbsps butter
¾ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
Scoops of vanilla ice cream for serving
Sauce
2 tbsps butter
¾ cup brown sugar
2 tbsps cocoa powder

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180° C.
2. Soak dates in 1 cup hot water.
3. To prepare sauce, heat butter in a small deep non-stick pan. Add brown sugar and mix. Add cocoa powder and ½ cup water, mix and simmer till the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. Cream together butter and brown sugar in a bowl using an electric beater till light and fluffy. Add egg and whisk well.
5. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt in the butter-cream mixture. Add dates alongwith water, California walnuts and vanilla essence and fold well.
6. Put the mixture into a square glass baking dish and spread. Pour the prepared sauce on top, make a few gaps in between to let the sauce get in and level it out.
7. Put the dish into the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
8. Cut into pieces and serve warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

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