Tag: Desserts

  • Recipe for Sticky Date Pudding

    At the request of several friends and a recent reader, I’m posting the recipe I’ve been using to make Sticky Date Pudding. I hope you enjoy it (and the moaning from your guests) as much as I do!  Sticky Date Pudding Pudding (serves eight): 250g (1 cup) pitted dates, chopped 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1½ cups…

  • Food, Family, and Friends

    I’m pleased to report that the Sticky Date Pudding I served to my book club Thursday night once again elicited moans. I have to be honest, not as many as the last few times I’ve served it, but moans nonetheless. It was a tough crowd. Six of my friends were gathered around the table, juggling at least…

  • Sticky Date Pudding

    As the self-anointed Sticky Date Pudding ambassador in this part of the world, I have made a solemn vow to spread the Sticky Date Pudding love whenever and wherever I can. To that end, I’m serving it tonight at my Book Club. I can’t wait! For the uninitiated, Sticky Date Pudding–at least the version I’ve…