Sticky Toffee Pudding is a classic British dessert consisting of date sponge served with a sweet toffee sauce. Pudding doesn’t get much better than this!
I posted this recipe a while back when I had first started writing my blog. They’re one of my favourite desserts so I wanted to update and share the blog post once again because I love it so much! Sticky toffee pudding is a dessert you will make time and time again. I had previously baked these in celebration of Great British Pudding Week, my sister, Becky, took a look through my blog and requested I made these again over the weekend for a family dinner.
These gorgeous cakes are warm, sweet, sticky and drizzled with lots of homemade toffee sauce. Sticky toffee pudding is one of my most treasured childhood desserts. It’s got to that time of year where I think these kinds of comforting desserts should be eaten and enjoyed, especially desserts that come with lashings of warm homemade toffee sauce… 😉
Sticky toffee pudding is the epitome of food comfort on a cold afternoon or evening. The cake itself has to be eaten warm for you to experience its full glory and don’t skimp on the toffee sauce!
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ingredients
Date Sponge:
- 280 g pitted dates roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 250 ml boiling water
- 40 g dark or light brown sugar
- 80 g (salted or unsalted) butter softened
- 2 eggs
- 185 g plain flour
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Toffee Sauce:
- 200 g dark or light brown sugar
- 300 ml double cream
- 70 g (salted or unsalted) butter I recommend adding a pinch of salt if using unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4. Line a 20cm / 8-inch square cake tin with parchment paper and set aside. Place the chopped dates in a bowl and sprinkle over bicarbonate of soda. Pour over boiling water. Stand 10 minutes, then mash well with a potato masher (or fork).
- Place the softened butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat until combined and smooth. Now, add the eggs and beat until incorporated. Add flour along with the baking. Mix until flour is fully incorporated.
- Add the date mixture, mix quickly until dates are well incorporated into the batter. Pour the cake batter in the lined tin. Bake for 35 minutes or until a cake tester when inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Now make the toffee sauce ready for serving the cake. To make the toffee sauce, place the sugar, cream and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Once butter is melted, stir, then bring to simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, then remove from heat.
- Once the cake is baked, take a cake skewer and poke holes over the top of the cake - about 40 will do. Take about 1/2 cup (120ml) of the sauce and pour this over the top of the cake. Leave it to stand and soak in the sauce for 10 minutes.
- When ready to eat, take a piece of the sticky toffee pudding, pour over more of the remaining sauce, and serve with custard, ice cream or pouring cream.
I like to use any leftover toffee sauce to dip into churros, top pancakes or drizzle over ice cream!
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What a gorgeous, ooey-gooey dessert, Jess! Love this…
This is my favourite pudding and reminds me of being at school. I love anything with dates in it though.
Oh this pudding sounds incredible, Jessica! I don’t think I’ve ever had a toffee kind before, so I’m loving this. Looks so good!
Oh gosh, this recipe looks just like Christmas! I am saving this one for the holidays for sure. 🙂
I have seen this dessert on menus whenever we’ve traveled in Europe, but I’ve never actually tried it. This looks amazing, though! I clearly need to break out this recipe and give it a shot…the flavors are right up my alley! 🙂
Oh wow…I’m so glad you updated this post so that those of us who didn’t see it the first time can drool over it! I’ve never tried sticky toffee pudding, but it’s certainly going on my dessert bucket list now!
Wowza! This looks crazy delicious! I love toffee, but this is toffee on crack! 😉 YUMMMM! Cheers to a fabulous week!
Whoa! I’ve never seen anything like this toffee pudding cake before! I need this in my life!
These look fab! Love sticky toffee pudding. My husband’s favourite too!
WOW! This sticky toffee pudding looks absolutely stunning and super delicious. Can’t wait to try! 🙂
I have never tried sticky toffee pudding (gasp!) and definitely need to remedy that. This looks incredible, Jess!
Sticky toffee pudding is my husband’s FAV! I can’t wait to try this! Looks magical.
I’ve only had sticky toffee once, in a fancy restaurant in Heathrow during a layover. My mother lived in the UK for a year and she made sure I tried it when we were in London and it was AMAZING. I had no idea it was so easy to make!
This is calling my name! I’m so glad you resurrected this one, Jess. Pinning for sure to try later.
This sticky toffee pudding is so delicious! I’m loving that dark, rich toffee sauce over that soft pudding! I need to make this soon!
Beautiful pudding! It looks so delicious.
One can never have to much Sticky Toffee Pudding!! This look so so delicious I just want to make it right now!! YUM!
I love sticky toffee pudding!!! It’s my favourite British dessert. This looks so beautiful Jess, it sounds amazing! Yum!!!
OH MY HEAVENS! Jess, this looks amazing. I’ve never had Toffee Pudding and it looks like I really need to!
Love this so much. I love British desserts – they are so fanciful and fun.
I need to try this toffee pudding you speak of PRONTO
Oh my goodness…that sauce! Dying over that sauce, but everything looks pretty amazing 🙂
I love sticky toffee pudding. it’s one of my favorites! this looks amazing Jess!
Wow, I’ve not had sticky toffee pudding in ages! You make me want to change that, this looks so sweet and delicious!