Sticky Orange, Ginger and Date Pudding | MiNDFOOD

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups chopped pitted fresh dates
• 1½ cups fresh orange juice
• 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 orange, zest only
• 3 eggs
• 1½ cups self-raising flour
• ⅓ cup uncrystallised ginger, chopped
• Double thickened cream andvanilla bean ice cream, to serve
• 100g unsalted butter
• 300ml pure cream
• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
• ¼ cup whisky