Tipsy truffles

YOU
makes about 60 truffles serving Prep: 45 mins
Rate this recipe
A tiny tot of wine or brandy makes these tipsy truffles a must have and a delectable treat.

By Food24 March 30 2020
Recipe Disclaimer
Tap for method
Tap for method

Ingredients (18)

250 g dates — finely chopped
5 ml Bicarbonate of soda
250 ml water — hot
125 g butter
180 ml sugar
2 eggs — extra-large
375 ml flour — cake
10 ml Baking powder
salt — just a pinch
50 g preserved ginger, finely chopped, or 2 ml (½ t) ground ginger
70 g pecan nuts — coarsely chopped
125 ml sultanas
180 ml sugar
180 ml water
60 ml butter
5 ml vanilla — essence
125 ml pinotage
cocoa powder
Tap for ingredients
Tap for ingredients

Method:

Preheat the oven to
180 °C. Grease an
ovenproof dish with
nonstick spray.

Pudding

1. Mix the
dates, bicarbonate of
soda and hot water
and soak for at least
5 minutes.

2. Cream the butter
and sugar together
and beat in the eggs
one at a time.

3. Sieve together the
dry ingredients. Sieve
over the butter mix

ture and fold in lightly.

4. Add the ginger,
nuts, sultanas and
date mixture and fold
in. Spoon into the pre

pared dish and bake
for about 20 minutes.

Syrup 5. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan, stir until the sugar has dissolved and
simmer for 5 minutes.

6. Pour over the pudding and leave to cool.

To complete

7. Stir
the pudding with a
fork. Roll 15 ml (1 T)
spoonfuls into balls
and roll in cocoa powder. Add rosemary
sprigs if you like.



New recipes on Food24

Next Post

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Food24 Team Loves

Newsletter

Get weekly access to our best recipes, tips and tricks

Sign Up

Login to your account below

Fill the forms below to register

Subscribe to Newsletter

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Recipe Disclaimer

All recipe content is the responsibility of the party from whom such content originated. You agree that you use the content on Food24 at your own risk. Please read our editorial policy.