One of our go-to Christmas Day dessert recipes is Sticky Toffee Pudding. When I was little, my dad’s family served Plum Pudding, which I did NOT like (except for the secret sauce). But this Sticky Toffee Pudding is completely different, and it’s to die for.
The “cake” part (or pudding, is light and moist, delicious, and super easy to make. And the toffee sauce? Well, all you need to do is look at the ingredients to be convinced to try it.
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Equipment
- 10-inch round or square baking dish
Ingredients
Pudding
- 1 cup + 1 tbsp. all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 cup pitted chopped dates
- 1 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Toffee Sauce
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
Whipped Cream
Instructions
Pudding
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 10-inch round or square baking dish.
- Sift 1 tbsp. flour onto parchment paper, and chop dates fine. Roll them in the flour a bit. Place in a small bowl and add the baking soda and boiling water. Set aside.
- In electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in remaining flour and baking powder.
- Add the date mixture to the batter and fold until blended using a rubber spatula. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake until pudding is set and firm on top, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven to a cooling rack.
Toffee Sauce
- Combine butter, heavy cream, and brown sugar in a saucepan. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil gently over medium low heat until thickened, about 8 minutes.
To Serve
- Preheat broiler. Spoon 1/3 cup of sauce over the pudding. Spread evenly over the top. Place under broiler until bubbly, about 1 minute. Serve immediately in dessert bowls. Drizzle more toffee sauce over top, and add a dollop of whipped cream.
- Enjoy!
Notes
You can serve it the traditional way (given in the recipe), or you can just warm the pudding/cake part in the oven, warm the sauce in saucepan, and spoon it over. Add a dollop of whipped cream, or classic English Custard Sauce and take it over the top! Yum!
Fun fact, traditional English Christmas Pudding is steamed on the stove top, usually while dinner was eaten. A penny was also traditionally baked in the pudding for one lucky person to find. I personally think that this is how they used to entice picky eaters to try this delicious dessert.
Any leftovers would go perfectly with your Sunday Morning Coffee. Do you have any special recipes that you only make during the holidays? Anything the family requests or look forward to each year? Leave a comment and let us know.
