Sticky toffee pudding
By: Rachel Allen From: Rachel Allen: Christmas Bake!
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- Prep time:
- 20 mins
- Cook time:
- 1 hr
- Serves:
- 6
Moist, sweet, moreish and very straightforward to make, Rachel Allen’s classic pudding recipe is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.
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- Cooks Tips...
- This pudding can be prepared entirely in advance and will keep very well once cooked, lasting five or six days in an airtight box in the fridge or up to three months in the freezer. Before serving, just warm it up in a low oven for about 15 minutes covered (defrost first if it has been frozen).
Adapted from Rachel Allen, Bake (Collins)
Ingredients
- 225g stoned Dates, chopped
- 250 ml black tea
- 100g unsalted Butter, at room temperature
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 225g self-raising flour
- 3/4 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
To serve
- vanilla ice cream or whipped Cream
- toffee sauce
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Butter and flour the sides of a 20 x 20cm square cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper.2. Place the chopped dates and tea in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Cook for a few minutes to soften the dates, then remove from the heat and set aside.
3. Beat the butter in a large bowl or an electric food mixer until soft. Add the sugar and beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then beat in the mixed spice and vanilla extract. Fold in the date mixture. Sift in the flour and bicarbonate of soda and fold in gently until mixed.
4. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 45 minutes, or until the top is just firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
5. Remove the cake from the oven and allow to stand in the tin for about five minutes before removing and transferring to a serving plate.
6. To serve, cut into squares and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream and a generous drizzle of warm toffee sauce over the top.
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View all comments (11)Why have you not put in the sauce from the television program, Rachel
I have just made this pudding today and it is wonderful cake. It is so easy to make and the texture is moist, light and very good flavour from the dates and black tea. Thanks Rachel for creating this pudding, definitly make it again.
This is the best sticky toffe pudding ever, delicious and moist and the toffeee sauce is a delight
This is the best sticky toffe pudding ever, delicious and moist and the toffeee sauce is a delight
Tina, tried putting up recipe for her sauce but no luck, but if you just google it it will come up! It's worth it, believe me!
Are you going to post the sauce?
A great easy and impressive pudding. Quite a success.
I have made this twice now and it is really so nice and easy to make and it is very tasty. We have it with custard. Lovely!!!
Hi He Haw - I thought that too! If you search for it on here in Rachels recipes you'll find it. Hope that helps?
Where is the toffee sauce recipe?
this is really lovely and so easy to make