Gluten free caramel delight

Ingredients

• 250g pitted dates (organic)
• 100ml water and 100g butter
• 20 drops vanilla or caramel stevia (OR 1 tbsp coconut palm sugar) - optional for extra sweetness
• 2 eggs
• 50g rice flour or almond flour (or other gluten free flour but you can use spelt of course too but that is not gluten free)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 2 tsp aluminium free baking powder
• CARAMEL SAUCE
• 3 tbsp coconut palm sugar
• 2 tbsp maple syrup (organic)
• 100 ml cream
• 80g butter

Method

1. Heat your oven to 180°C
2. Put your dates, water and butter in a small to medium sized saucepan and let the butter melt and the dates become soft (takes around 2-3 minutes)
3. Puree this together in your blender or with a handheld blender.
4. Put in a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients.
5. Put your dough in a 24cm tin (I alwas place a baking paper inside the tin but it is optional) and bake for around 28-30 minutes or until a pin comes clean out if you stick it in the middle of your cake.
6. CARAMEL SAUCE
7. Put all your ingredients in a rather small saucepan and let it boil gently for around 4 minutes. Never leave the saucepan because it can boil over! Let it cool and then poor over your cake once it has cooled completely down. Decorate anyway you like or not! :)