Ingredients
PUDDINGS:
1 1/2 cup dates
1 ¼ cup boiling water
1 cup buckwheat flour
½ cup rice malt syrup
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp baking powder
2 eggs
¼ cup coconut oil melted
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Spray Olive Oil Sticky Date
SAUCE:
2 cups pitted dates
¼ cup almond butter
4 teaspoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Soaking water from dates – to get the desired consistency for your sauce
Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees or turn on cupcake maker. Grease muffin tin or cupcake make with some spray olive oil. Soak 1 cup of dates in boiling water for 5 minutes then pop in the food processor with the rice malt syrup, eggs, bicarbonate soda, baking powder, vanilla bean paste and coconut oil. Process until smooth and combined. Pour into a bowl. Chop the ½ cup of left over dates into small pieces and add to the other ingredients then sift buckwheat flour into the bowl and mix through until combined and then spoon into a muffin tin or cupcake maker and cook for 10 minutes or until cooked. Place puddings on cooling tray.
Sauce: Boil dates for 5 minutes, place in food processor along with other ingredients (except the soaking water) and process until combined. Pour into a jug or bowl, slowly add soaking water until you get your desired consistency. Enjoy x
