Steamed Sticky Beetroot Pudding

A soft ,moist ,delicious dates Sponge cake which is Steamed and topped with warm toffee beetroot sauce and cashew Praline …The pudding is gooey , soft and served warm… This is a twist to the usual sticky dates/toffee pudding with the addition of Beetroot…

I have prepared this recipe for the World food Desert competition by lulu… Got great Appreciation form the judges and audience..

Steamed Sticky Beetroot Pudding

A soft ,moist ,delicious dates Sponge cake which is Steamed and topped with warm toffee beetroot sauce and cashew Praline …The pudding is gooey , soft and served warm… This is a twist to the usual sticky dates/toffee pudding with the addition of Beetroot...

Course dessert

Cuisine american

Servings 4 person

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 Minutes

Ingredients

• 11/4 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 120 gm dates chopped
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 90 gm softened butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/4 cup grated Beetroot
• 1 tbsp Flour for dusting the beetroot

Beetroot Toffee Sauce

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup Whipping cream/Fresh cream
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 tbsp Beetroot pureee Boil the Beetroot cubes and puree it..

Cashew Pralines

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp cashewnut chopped

Caramel strips for Decoration

• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp water
• 1/2 tsp grated Beetroot

Instructions

1. in a bowl place the finely chopped dates and baking soda.Pour the boiling water over the dates and stir to combine. Let sit for about 10-15 minutes
2. In another bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt , keep aside
3. In a big bowl beat the butter until soft and creamy. Add the brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
4. Add in vanilla essence ,eggs and beat until combined.
5. Then add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Fold in the dates, along with their liquid
6. Mix together Grated beetroot with 1/2tbsp flour and mix well then add to the batter.mix well.
7. Pour the batter into the greased bowl smoothing the top with the back of a spoon .Steam it for about 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Keep aside

Beetroot Toffee Sauce

1. While the cake is Steaming place all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat, and stirring constantly, heat until the butter melts and the sugar has dissolve. and is thick and pouring consisitency...

Cashew pralines

1. Caramelise the Sugar and water till golden colour then add in the chopped Cashew and Pour into a greased plate and allow it to set..when its set just crush them and garnish on top of the pudding.

Caramel strips

1. caramelise the sugar and water till golden colour then pour onto the greased plate as a strip and top with grated beetroot while its hot and allow it to set and garnish as such