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	Sticky Toffee Pudding 04

		Sticky Date Pudding also called Sticky Toffee Pudding (date cake with sauce) 1/2 cup butter 8 oz pitted dates, chopped 1 tsp baking soda 5 tbs sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 tbs baking powder 1 stick butter 1/4 cup heavy cream 4 oz brown sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 pt cream chilled Butter a high sided 9 inch round baking pan. Preheat oven to 350F. Put dates in saucepan and cover with water and bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer about 3 minutes. Add the baking soda and remove pan from heat and set aside. In a bowl, cream butter with sugar and add in eggs one at a time. Fold in flour, salt and vanilla. Slowly stir in the baking powder and 1/4 cup of date liquid from pot.Stir well until mixture resembles a thick pancake batter. Stir in remainder of the "drained " dates. Place mixture in prepared pan and bake about 30 to 40 minutes or until cooked in center.Remove to rack in pan to cool. Meanwhile make sauce: in pot, combine butter, cream and sugar. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Drizzle some of the hot sauce over the cooling cake.To serve: cut cooled ( room temp ) cake into wedges and pour over the warm sauce. top with cream that has been whipped. Serves 8 to 10