Friday 3 October 2014

Rum and Date Cake with Caramel Sauce















I won't tell you how much caramel sauce I licked of spoons, pans and fingers... but it was a lot. Happy days.



Rum and Date Cake with Caramel Sauce
adapted from Donna Hay

For the Cake:
100g (3/4 cups) mejool dates, roughly chopped
70g (1/2 cup) prunes, roughly chopped
90ml (1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) boiling water
60ml (1/4 cup) rum
Pinch of salt
1 scant teaspoon baking soda, sifted
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour, sifted
100g (1/2 cup) brown sugar
115g unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs

For the Caramel Sauce:
50g unsalted butter
Pinch of salt
115g (1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) brown sugar
130g (1/4 cup) golden syrup
125ml (1/2 cup) pouring cream
30ml (2 tablespoons) rum

Make the Cake:
Preheat the oven to 160C. Grease a 1 litre bundt pan with cooking oil spray. Set aside.

Place the dates and prunes in a blender. Pour in the boiling water and baking soda. Leave for 10 minutes, then blitz to a puree.

Mix the flour and sugar together in a bowl to combine. Add the butter, vanilla, eggs and date mixture and mix well. Spoon into the prepared bundt pan and bak for 30 - 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, before turning out to a wire rack to cool.

Make the Caramel Sauce:
Put the butter, salt, sugar, golden syrup, cream and rum into a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Swirl the pan until the sugar dissolves, then stop swirling and bring to the boil. Cook for a further 8 - 10 minutes until thickened. Allow the sauce to cool for 10 minutes before pouring over the cake to serve.



7 comments:

  1. Looovveee date cake! So you add rum and caramel sauce? YUMMM!

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  2. Holy Moly! Everything I love in cake form!

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  3. Oh those drips of caramel. mmmmmmm........
    This looks like exactly the cake my dad would love. Heaped with a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream of course ;)

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  4. Hi there, just stopped by to let you know that you've been featured over at Carole's Chatter today. Cheers

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  5. Hahaha... that's the cook's treat, right? Just cleaning up so, uh, there's less waste! Love the combo of date, caramel and rum. It's sticky date but in a prettier, slightly more elegant package. I really need to buy myself a bundt tin... xx

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  6. How ridiculously delicious is this!!!! Caramel drizzle wins friends, that's for sure. Love the addition of rum as well... it's a good cake made better. I need to buy myself a bundt.

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  7. Oh that dripping caramel is making my mouth water. Yum!

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