Sticky date pudding with cream

Ingredients

• Butterscotch sauce
• 300 millilitre carton cream
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 90 gram butter, chopped
• 1 tablespoon brandy
• Sticky date pudding 2
• 1 1/4 cup chopped seedless dates
• 1 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 90 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• cream or ice-cream, to serve