How to make sticky toffee pudding

 

Ingredients you will need

 

For the toffee pudding:

200g dried dates, stoned and chopped.

250ml black tea (not too strong)

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

85g unsalted butter, softened

175g self-raising flour

1 tsp mixed spice

175g golden caster sugar

2 eggs, beaten

 

For the toffee sauce:

100g light muscovado sugar

100g unsalted butter

142ml carton double cream

 

 

What to do:

 

1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C Put the dates and tea in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Cook for 3–4 minutes to soften the dates. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda.

 

2. Beat the butter and caster sugar together until pale and creamy, then beat in the egg, flour and mixed spice. Fold in the date mixture and pour into a buttered ovenproof dish or brownie tin. Bake for 30–35 minutes or until the top is just firm to touch.

 

3. Meanwhile, make the sauce by putting the sugar, butter and cream in a pan over a low heat and simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Cook until the sauce is a toffee colour. Cut the pudding into squares and serve with the warm sauce.

 

 

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