Brown Sugar Topping Cake 🥮 recipe by Ms S 💫

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
• 1 cup castor sugar
• 125g butter (½ cup)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup fresh cream
• 50 ml (4 tablespoons) butter
• chopped pecans for