Date Crumble
One of my favorite Desserts, I go to a cafe that serves it warm with Vanilla ice-cream.
Spoil yourself with this amazing dessert, its gorgeously gooey.
Preparation time: 20-30 minutes Quantity: Serves 9 Cooking time: 35 - 40 minutes
Ingredients
125g/ 4&½ oz soft butter
50g/ 2 oz demerara sugar
1 egg yolk
50g/ 2 oz ground almonds
200g/ 7 oz 200g plain flour
filling-
250g/ 9 oz chopped dates
water to cover
Sprinkle for top
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 tablespoon demerara sugar
Method
- Cream butter and sugar
- Add egg
- Fold in dry
- Cover the mix in cling film
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes
Filling mix -
- Cover dates with water and boil for 3 minutes . Leave to stand for 10 minutes
- Grate the pastry. Use half to line a tin and press down
- Pour all the dates in the middle
- Sprinkle the other half of mix on top
- Mix the sugar and spice and sprinkle on top
- Cook 35 –40 minutes in a pre set oven
Gas 4/180c/380*f
Recommended cake tin- approx. size 8 inch square or 10 x 7 rectangle tray bake tin