The compound I am traveling to allotment with you today is about 350 years old! A abundant favourite from the Cape area the aboriginal brandy from Cape grapes were distilled in 1672! We accept appear a actual continued way back again if it comes to the superior of our brandy, but still, Cape Brandy Pudding charcoal an old time favourite 
Growing up in South Africa is abundant fun with all the recipes your mother makes and teaches you during your adolescent years!
Ingredients:
250 g of dates (remove the pits), cut up
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup baking water
½ cup butter/margarine
½ cup sugar
2 eggs, whisked
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
Method:
1. Cut the dates, add the baking baptize and bicarbonate of soda to bisect of the dates, activity and let it air-conditioned down.
2. Chrism calm the adulate and amoroso and add the baffled eggs. Mix actual well.
3. Sieve the dry capacity calm and add.
4. Add the blow of the dates and walnuts. Again add the dates in baptize and mix actual well.
5. Cascade the admixture into a baking bowl and broil in a pre-heated oven of 180°C for 30 - 40 minutes.
6. Abolish from the oven and cascade the balmy abstract over the balmy pudding.
Syrup
1 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
½ cup water
1 teaspoon boilerplate essence
½ cup brandy
1. Boil calm the sugar, adulate and baptize for 5 minutes.
2. Abolish from calefaction and add boilerplate and brandy. Mix well.
3. Cascade balmy over the balmy pudding and serve with chrism or ice cream.
There is annihilation nicer to balmy you up on a algid day! Enjoy your ambrosia and accomplish abiding to try out some added acceptable South African recipes!