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Sticky Toffee Pudding

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& Caramel Sauce

Now this truely is a decadant dessert!

Rich and moist with dates and dark brown sugar to create a taste sensation to die for.

Be sure you have some friends to help you devour it — as eating a whole one may be not advisable :-).

It can just be eaten like cake, but here I'm adding a caramel sauce made with light brown sugar. It's fast to put together so lets do it.

Click the Method tab below to see a step-by-step guide on how to make Sticky Toffee Pudding along with some pictures as a guide.

sticky toffee pudding and caramel sauce

ingredients

Here's what you need :¬)

serves 8

Ingredients for the Pudding

  • 75g soft butter
  • 175g dark brown demerara sugar
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 Tbsp golden syrup
  • 2 Tbsp black treacle
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g pitted dried dates
  • 1 Tbsp bicarbonate of soda

Butter & flour to grease and line your baking tin.

Ingredients for the Caramel Sauce

  • 100g light brown sugar
  • 100g butter
  • 200ml double cream

method

nutty tip clean Like all cakes it is best to get your self organised!

ingredients at the ready
ingredients prepared

Our first job is to line our baking tin with butter and flour. It needs to be 20cm x 20cm x 5cm deep or the equivalent round / oval etc .

pre-heat the oven to 200c.

Now it's a simple cake batter, however, this one requires self raising flour & bicarb so — once the raising agents are added the cake needs to be got rapidly into the oven.

nutty tip clean One great thing about this dessert is it can be re-heated and even frozen.

So with the oven on, tin buttered and floured...

  1. Get a small sauce pan, stick blender and a mixer.
  2. Place the butter and sugar in the mixer then blend until creamy.
brown sugar & butter
brown sugar and butter in mixer
  1. When creamed — add the following to the mixer:
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 Tbsp golden syrup
    • 2 Tbsp black treacle
    • 1 tsp vanilla essence
mix till combined
cake mix started in mixer
  1. Add your flour but dont blend yet!

Now to get our dates ready...

  1. Place dates and 300ml water into a sauce pan.
bring to a simmer
dates and water in a pan
  1. Heat to a simmer.
  2. Now blend the dates with a stick blender.
blend till smooth
dates being blended
dates blended
dates blended in a pan
  1. Add the bicarb to the hot date mixture.
  2. Tip into the mixer (while still hot) with the other ingredients & mix till combined. Cake batter is now done!
  3. Immediately! Transfer to your prepared cake tin and set in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
tip into baking tray & bake — quickly!
cake mix pouring into tray

In the mean time...

Make the caramel sauce

  1. Melt the butter, add the sugar & mix together on the hob
melting butter
butter melting in a pan
  1. Once completely combined add your cream and whisk till smooth.
caramel sauce
caramel sauce being pured into a sauce boat

Store in the fridge if not using immediately.

40 - 45 mins later :-)
cooked sticky toffee pudding in a baking tray
turn out to cool
sticky toffee pudding on cooling rack
slice into portions
sliced sticky toffee pudding

Re-heat the cake carefully in the microwave - about 30secs...

...then very gently, re-heat the caramel sauce, but don't let it boil, or it may split and spoil!

now indulge!
sticky toffee pudding and caramel sauce

...and pass some to your neighbours — as you really shouldn't eat it all!

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