Ultimate Sticky Toffee Pudding

Sticky toffee pudding is a classic British dessert. Ours has a perfectly moist sponge with a delicious toffee sauce, and it’s one of our all-time favs.

Ingredients

-1 slices+

Metric

Method

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 180°C fan / 400°F and line a square 8″ oven-proof dish with baking paper.

   
2. 2

   Pour 200ml (6.8fl.oz) of hot water over the dates and leave to soak while you complete the next steps.

   
3. 3

   In a mixing bowl, cream the margarine, sugar and vanilla extract together, then add the bicarbonate of soda and vinegar.

   
4. 4

   Next, gently stir in the flour, baking powder and milk.

   
5. 5

   Blend the dates with the water until smooth and mix into the pudding mixture.

   
6. 6

   Pour the mix into the dish, then bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

   
7. 7

   Meanwhile, make the toffee sauce by heating all ingredients in a small saucepan until boiling, then turn the heat down and simmer for 3-5 minutes. Then remove from the heat and leave for a few minutes to thicken.

   
8. 8

   Serve a big slice of pudding with a generous drizzling of toffee sauce. Yummmm.