Name: Brandy and coke malva pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8-10 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 250 ml coca-cola; 125 ml water; 250 g dates pitted, chopped; 5 ml Bicarbonate of soda; 250 ml butter or coconut oil; 250 ml brown sugar soft; 30 ml jam apricot; 2 eggs large; 500 ml flour cake; 5 ml Baking powder; 2,5 ml salt; 5 ml cinnamon ground; 5 ml ginger ground; orange zest only; 250 ml pecan nuts chopped; 125 ml desiccated coconut; 125 ml brown sugar soft; 125 ml dairy or nondairy creamer; 125 ml water; 5 ml vanilla essence; 60 ml brandy; ice cream vanilla

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Ingredients (22)

250 ml	coca-cola
125 ml	water
250 g	dates — pitted, chopped
5 ml	Bicarbonate of soda
250 ml	butter or coconut oil
250 ml	brown sugar — soft
30 ml	jam — apricot
2	eggs — large
500 ml	flour — cake
5 ml	Baking powder
2,5 ml	salt
5 ml	cinnamon — ground
5 ml	ginger — ground
	orange — zest only
250 ml	pecan nuts — chopped
125 ml	desiccated coconut
125 ml	brown sugar — soft

SYRUP

125 ml	dairy or nondairy creamer
125 ml	water
5 ml	vanilla — essence
60 ml	brandy
	ice cream — vanilla

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a rectangular (± 25 x 35cm) or oval baking dish.

Pudding

1. In a saucepan, pour the cola and water over the dates and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, stir in the bicarbonate of soda, then leave to cool.

2. In a bowl, beat the butter or coconut oil, sugar and apricot jam until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, and continue to beat. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, cooled dates and liquid, cinnamon, ginger, grated orange zest, pecan nuts and coconut, and mix until just well combined but not overmixed.

3. Transfer the mixture to the prepared dish and bake for 50 minutes.

Syrup

4. Meanwhile, make the syrup by combining all the ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved.

5. Pour the warm syrup over the pudding as it comes out of the oven. Poke holes all over the top and run a knife around the edge of the pudding so that all the syrup soaks in.

To serve

6. Serve with vanilla ice cream or custard.