easy-peasy (if that's possible) sticky pud

Excuse the picture (it looks great in Nigella's mouth!)

100g dark muscovado sugar (buy near normal sugar in superm)

175g self-raising flour

125 ml full-fat milk

1 egg

1 t vanilla ess

50g unsalted butter, melted

200g chopped, rolled dates (not sure what rolled are sorry)

For the sauce:

200g dark musc sugar

approx 25 unsalted butter in little blobs

500 ml boiling water

wahoooooo

Preheat oven to 190

butter dish

combine the sugar with the flour in large bowl

pour the milk into a measuring jug, beat in the egg, vanilla and melted butter adn then pour the mixture over the sugar and flour, stirring, just with a wooden spoon (don't you love her simple instructions) to combine. Fold in teh dates then scrape into a prepared pudding dish.

Sprinkle over the next lot of sugar and dot with butter. pour over the boiling water

cook for 45 minutes.

oh my goodness, delicious self-saucing kind of pud. could be done in a crock pot i imagine! must must be served with something white like icecream!