Laraine’s Steamed Brown Pudding

Ingredients

• 60g butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup jam or marmalade (I used home-made Black Doris plum jam)
• 1-1/2 cups milk
• 1 tsp bicarb (dissolved in the milk)
• 1 egg (beaten into the milk)
• 1/1-2 tsp vanilla essence (I used only 1 because it was home-made)
• 3/4 cup dates
• 1/1-2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cream of tartar