Healthy Vegan Sticky Date Pudding

Ingredients:

Pudding:
2 cups medjool dates
1 cup boiling water
2 Bananas, mashed
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 cups oat flour
1-1.5 cups coconut/almond milk
¾ cup coconut sugar
1 tsp vanilla powder
1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped

Caramel sauce:

¾ cup coconut sugar
1 x 400ml can coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla powder

Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C and prepare a 9” cake tin.

Add dates, boiling water and bicarb soda in a bowl and set aside for 15 minutes until dates have softened.

Once the dates are soft, place dates along with the water in a blender and blend until smooth.

Meanwhile, place oat flour, bi-carb soda, baking powder, vanilla powder, milk, bananas, and blended dates into a bowl and whisk to combine making sure it’s as smooth as possible.

Next add in your chopped walnuts, stir through and place in prepared cake tin.

Place in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

For The Caramel Sauce:

In a small saucepan on high add coconut sugar, vanilla powder and coconut milk.

Using a whisk, slowly stir until mixture comes to the boil.

Turn down heat and continue to stir for 15 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken and become a darker caramel colour.

Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before drizzling the caramel sauce over the pudding.

*note- this is quite a rich dessert and is best shared!