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Pastry · Recipe No. 328

Chocolate & Date Sponge Pudding

Chocolate & Date Sponge Pudding made with butter, caster sugar, egg and plain flour. The recipe serves 6; change the portions and units below and the amounts update.

  • Serves 6

Method

  1. Cream butter and sugar.

  2. Gradually add beaten eggs.

  3. Sieve flour and baking powder.

  4. Gradually incorporate as lightly as possible gstir in dates and orange zest.

  5. Add milk to dropping consistency.

  6. Place in greased pudding basins.

  7. Cover securely with greased greaseproof.

  8. Steam 1 -1.5 hrs.

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Converted from the Cookeryonline Excel workbook “SR328”.