Ingredients Checklist
- 150g pitted medjool dates, chopped
- 100g butter, softened + extra to butter dish
- 300g brown sugar
- 4 medium bananas, very ripe
- 3 eggs
- 250g self raising flour
- 200ml thickened cream
TO SERVE
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
- Vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Place dates into a small bowl and pour over 150ml of boiling water. Set aside for 15 minutes and blitz with a stick blender until smooth. Set aside.
- Place two and half bananas in the bowl of a stand mixer and mash using the paddle attachment (set aside one and a half bananas, cut lengthways, to garnish pudding). Set aside banana puree.
- Butter a 2L capacity baking dish and preheat oven to 160°C.
- Beat together butter and 100g of brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until mixed through.
- Add date and banana purees, mix through and fold through flour until combined.
- Place remaining brown sugar, cream and 200ml of water into a small saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking dish. Arrange 3 bananas halves on top of the batter and gently pour over the cream mixture.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden.
- Serve scattered with walnuts and scoops of ice cream.
