Serves 10.

180g Dates, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 60g butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cup self-raising flour.

1. Preheat oven to 180C . Grease ten of the holes in two 6-hole muffin trays.
2. Put dates in one & a quarter cups of water in a pot and bring to the boil.
3. Add baking soda and stir until dates start to break  up. Set aside to cool.
4. Beat butter &  brown sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add cooled date mixture and fold in sifted self- raising flour.
5. Spoon mixture into muffin trays and bake for approximately 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Serve with butterscotch sauce, and whipped  cream, or ice cream.

1/2 cup brown sugar, 25g butter & 100 ml cream.

1. to make butterscotch sauce, bring brown sugar and butter to the boil in a pot in a pot, taking care not to let it burn. Add the cream and continue to boil until sauce is a golden brown and thick.