Help with a pudding... don't like dates, is there an alternative?

[Indadhanu]

Craving time!

I want a pudding with butterscotch or caramel sauce. I don't care which one, I just want one of them!

SO all the recipies I find are sticky date puddings, but I'm difficult and don't like dates. Do you need them? Can I just leave the dates out?

Any other alternatives? I was thinking carrots, because carrot cake and caramel go well, except I forgot to buy carrots (and I've been out twice today... once for grocery shopping, and another time to pick up all the things I forgot to get the first time!). So not really interested in going out AGAIN because I forgot something else

Share your wisdom!!!!

[Olive]

try a steamed golden syrup pudding, just google it, carrot cake with icing heated up would also be yum as its quiet moist! i loooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee carrot cake

heres one for golden syrup dumplings!

Ingredients (serves 4)
150g (1 cup) self-raising flour
60g unsalted butter, cubed
1 egg
1-2 tbs milk, to beat
Thick cream, to serve
Syrup
30g butter
220g (1 cup) caster sugar
4 tbs golden syrup
1 small lemon, juiced
Method
Sift flour into a bowl, then rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Beat egg with a little milk and pour into flour mixture. Combine to form a dough, then divide into small balls.
To make the syrup, combine the ingredients together with 1 cup of water in a pan and bring to the boil over medium heat. Carefully add dough balls to syrup and boil for 20 minutes. Serve with syrup and cream.

[Olive]

Butterscotch self saucing pudding

Ingredients (serves 6)
1/4 cup (55g) brown sugar
1 1/4 cups (190g) self-raising flour
100g butter, melted
1 egg
1/2 cup (125ml) milk
2 tbs golden syrup
1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
1 tbs cornflour
1 1/2 cups (375ml) boiling water
2 tbs golden syrup
Double cream or ice cream, to serve
Method
Preheat oven to 180?C. Grease a 1.5 litre (6 cup) ovenproof dish. Combine 1/4 cup (55g) brown sugar and 1 1/4 cups (190g) self-raising flour in a bowl. Add 100g butter, melted, 1 egg, 1/2 cup (125ml) milk and 2 tbs golden syrup and stir until combined. Spoon into greased dish.
Combine 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar and 1 tbs cornflour. Sprinkle over the pudding mixture.
Combine 1 1/2 cups (375ml) boiling water with 2 tbs golden syrup. Pour over the top of the pudding mixture and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Serve with double cream or ice cream.

[Indadhanu]

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY! Guess what I'm havig for lunch!!!
***drooling all over the keyboard***

Thanks so much I am off to make it right now!!!!!!

[Olive]

enjoy leash!!

[Indadhanu]

Decided to make the pudding which looked quicker but if anyone tries that one maybe a 2L square dish would be better. I have mine in a 1.5L and the sauce ended up spilling over in the beginning and now I have a sticky burnt caramel mess on the bottom of my oven!!!! Bugger! It's almost ready though, and looking good!!!!!!