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STICKY DATE PUDDING

Pudding Ingredients:

  • 1.2L Water
  • 1kg Dates
  • 4 tsp Bicarbonate Soda
  • 240g Butter
  • 600g Brown Sugar
  • 8 Eggs
  • 1kg Self Raising Flour
  • 5ml Vanilla Essence

Butter Scotch Sauce Ingredients

  • 480ml Cream
  • 465g Brown Sugar
  • 150g Butter

Pudding Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 170°C and grease the desired mould with butter, set aside. 
  2. Mix the water, dates and bicarbonate soda in a pot and bring to boil. 
  3. Once boiled, simmer for 15 minutes until the dates are soft. Set aside until the mixture is room temperature. 
  4. Mix the butter and sugar in a food processor on slow speed, until combined. 
  5. Slowly beat in the eggs on a medium speed and add the vanilla essence. 
  6. Once combined, slowly pour in the flour. 
  7. Fold in the date mixture until combined. 
  8. Pour the mixture into the moulds and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. 
  9. The pudding is fully cooked when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out dry. 

Butter Scotch Sauce Method:

  1. Mix the cream, sugar, and butter until combined. 
  2. Pour into a pot and bring to boil.
  3. Once boiled, simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. Serve with the pudding immediately. 

ANZAC DAY 2025

By Dorothy Forrest • March 24, 2025
The 2025 Anzac Day commemorative program includes. Dawn Service at 5.30 am Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans and Services Association Commemorative Ceremony at 7.30 am National Commemorative service at 9.30 AM Last post Ceremony at 4.30 pm

Ethel Carrick Anne Dangar Exhibition at the National Gallery Australia

By Dorothy Forrest • February 20, 2025
Forrest Hotel and Apartments 🌳 Proudly supporting the National Gallery of Australia Book Your Discounted Stay Today 😊 www.forresthotel.com 🏩 At the Gallery 9 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025 Daily, 11.30 am & 2 pm Gallery 12, Temporary Exhibition Gallery (Level 1) Wheelchair Accessible ________________________________________ Duration: 60 mins Free, bookings required Meet your guide in the Exhibition Foyer on Level 1. Make the most of your visit with a free one-hour tour of these two major exhibitions with our Voluntary Guides. Tours are for a maximum of 15 people and are subject to availability. Please arrive at the Gallery at least 15 minutes before the start time for your tour. Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar are on display in Gallery 12 from 7 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025. These simultaneous exhibitions are Know My Name projects, the National Gallery’s initiative celebrating the work of all women artists to enhance understanding of their contribution to Australia’s cultural life.