Description
A classic British dessert featuring moist date cake soaked in rich toffee sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200g pitted dates, chopped
- 250ml boiling water
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 85g unsalted butter, softened
- 140g light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 170g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- For the sauce: 100g unsalted butter, 100g light brown sugar, 150ml double cream, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease a baking dish.
- Soak dates in boiling water with baking soda for 10 minutes.
- Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Fold in flour, then add date mixture and vanilla.
- Pour into dish and bake for 30-35 minutes.
- For sauce: melt butter, sugar, and cream together. Stir in vanilla.
- Pour warm sauce over pudding before serving.
Notes
- Serve with vanilla ice cream or custard
- Pudding can be made 1 day ahead
- Reheat sauce gently before serving
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 52g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 64g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 115mg
Keywords: sticky toffee pudding, British dessert, date cake