Self-saucing sticky date and banana pudding Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 150g pitted dates, roughly chopped
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ cup milk
• 1 free-range egg
• 50g butter, melted, plus extra 50g, chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1½ cups self-raising flour
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• Cocoa powder, to dust
• Double cream, to serve
• Walnuts, roughly chopped, to serve