Date-Nut Pudding Cake with Vanilla Sauce

By fluteanjel

Ingredients

• 1  cup  all-purpose flour
• 3/4  cup  granulated sugar
• 2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  cup  fat-free milk
• 2  tablespoons  bourbon
• 2  tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 3/4  cup  chopped pitted dates
• 3  tablespoons  coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
• Cooking spray
• 2/3  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1 1/4  cups  boiling water
• Vanilla Sauce

Details

Servings 9
Adapted from find.myrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°.

Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk, bourbon, oil, and vanilla in a bowl. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in dates and nuts.

Spoon batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle brown sugar over batter. Pour boiling water over batter (do not stir). Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until the cake springs back when touched lightly in the center (cake will not test clean when a wooden pick is inserted in the center). Cut into squares. Serve each square with about 2 tablespoons warm Vanilla Sauce.

(Totals include Vanilla Sauce)