Tipsy Tart Recipes

TIPSY TART

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter well.
• Mix dates with boiling water.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Stir all 3 mixes as well as nuts together until just mixed.
• Bake in medium size baking pan (sprayed) for about 45 minutes at 350.
• Syrup:.
• Boil sugar and water together over low heat for 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat; add brandy, butter and vanilla and pour over hot tart.

TIPSY TART

Steps:

• TART: Divide the dates into two equal parts. Add Bicarbonate of Soda to the one half and pour over the boiling water. Stir to mix and set aside to cool.
• Cream butter and sugar until creamy and add beaten eggs. Mix well. Sift together the dry ingredients and fold it into the creamed mixture.
• Add the dry half of the dates together with the nuts to the mixture. Lastly stir in the soaked date and bicarbonate mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Turn the batter into a well greased baking dish or 2 x 9inch tart plates. Bake in a moderate oven - 180 degrees centigrade or - 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• SYRUP: Cook sugar, butter and water together for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract, salt and brandy (or rum). Stir to mix. Pour the syrup over the hot tart when it is taken out of the oven. Serve with Cream, Custard or Ice Cream
• NOTE: As you take the tart out of the oven - prick it all over with a toothpick then pour over the sauce. Make a double batch of the sauce and drizzle some over the cream or ice cream when you serve the tart