Ouma Tillie’s date dumplings

Name: Ouma Tillie's date dumplings
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 400.00 g sugar; 1.00 Litres water; 30.00 ml butter; 30.00 ml golden syrup; 2.00 ml salt; 240.00 g flour cake; 15.00 ml Bicarbonate of soda; 2.00 ml cinnamon ground; 30.00 ml butter; 125.00 ml dates finely chopped; 250.00 ml milk

8 servings

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (11)

SYRUP

400.00 g	sugar
1.00 Litres	water
30.00 ml	butter
30.00 ml	golden syrup
2.00 ml	salt

DUMPLINGS

240.00 g	flour — cake
15.00 ml	Bicarbonate of soda
2.00 ml	cinnamon — ground
30.00 ml	butter
125.00 ml	dates — finely chopped
250.00 ml	milk

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Method:

Mix all the ingredients for the syrup in a heavy-based saucepan.
Stir over low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Boil for 5 minutes.
Combine the cake flour, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon.
Rub in the butter and add the dates. Mix well.
Slowly add the milk while stirring continuously.
Bring the syrup to the boil once more and drop spoonfuls of the dumpling mixture into the boiling syrup.
Reduce the heat (the syrup must simmer slowly or it will boil over), cover and simmer for 20 minutes without removing the lid.
Serve with custard, cream or ice cream.