The Best Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe

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The Best Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe Ever!

There is really nothing better than sticky toffee pudding when it comes to dessert!
This Sticky toffee pudding recipe has everything, it is sweet, sticky and warming with a sumptuous toffee sauce.
Sticky toffee pudding is one of those comfort foods that everyone should experience and there are lots of recipes out there for you to try but this Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe has to be my absolute favourite.

The ingredients you need to make the best sticky toffee pudding ever

It's surprising how such few ingredients this recipe for sticky toffee pudding has

dates
  • 85g stoned, chopped dates (use the sugared dates if you can get them)

  • 85g light soft brown sugar

  • 45g softened, unsalted butter

  • 1 egg

  • 115g plain flour

  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

How to make the Sticky Toffee Pudding

Just follow the instructions to make the best sticky toffee pudding

First of all pre heat your oven to 180° C (or gas mark 4) and butter an ovenproof dish which is about 12cm x 16cm in size.

Place the dates into a bowl and just cover them with boiling water (only use enough water to just cover the dates)

In another bowl cream together the butter and brown sugar, then beat in the egg together with a little of the flour before beating in the rest of the flour.

Now add the bicarbonate of soda and vanilla extract to the dates and and add to the creamed mixture.

Stir everything until well mixed then pour into the buttered dish and bake in the oven for around 30 to 35 minutes. The sticky toffee pudding should be well risen and, if cooked properly, a skewer should come out clean when inserted into the middle of the pudding.

Ingredients For The Toffee Sauce For The Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe

The sauce for the sticky toffee pudding recipe only has three ingredients

butter
  • 150g Demerara sugar

  • 85g softened, unsalted butter

  • 4 tablespoons of double cream

How to make the sauce for the sticky toffee pudding recipe

Just before the sticky toffee pudding has finished cooking make the toffee sauce.

Pre heat the grill so that it is hot.
Place the sugar, butter and cream into a saucepan and gently heat. Let the sauce simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
Take the pudding from the oven and pour half the sauce over the pudding and place the pudding under the grill until the sauce bubbles.
Remove the sticky toffee pudding from the grill and pour over the remaining sauce.

Serve the sticky toffee pudding whilst still hot and enjoy.

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