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EASY STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

EASY STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

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Serves: 6-8

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This is just what you want for a Sunday lunch, cosy and comforting and indulgent. You might need a brisk walk afterwards!

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Ingredients

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for the cake

  • 100 grams dark brown muscovado sugar
  • 175 grams self-raising flour
  • 125 ml full fat milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 50 grams unsalted butter (melted)
  • 200 grams chopped dates

for the sauce

  • 200 grams dark brown muscovado sugar
  • approx. 25 grams unsalted butter (in little blobs)
  • 500 ml boiling water
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas mark 5/375ºF and butter a 1½ litre / 6 cups capacity pudding dish.
  2. Combine the 100g / ½ cup of dark muscovado sugar with the flour in a large bowl. Pour the milk into a measuring jug, beat in the egg, vanilla and melted butter and then pour this mixture over the sugar and flour, stirring - just with a wooden spoon - to combine. Fold in the dates then scrape into the prepared pudding dish. Don't worry if it doesn't look very full: it will do by the time it cooks.
  3. Sprinkle over the 200g / 1 cup of dark muscovado sugar and dot with the butter. Pour over the boiling water (yes really!) and transfer to the oven. Set the timer for 45 minutes, though you might find the pudding needs 5 or 10 minutes more. The top of the pudding should be springy and spongy when it's cooked; underneath, the butter, dark muscovado sugar and boiling water will have turned into a rich, sticky sauce. Serve with vanilla ice cream, creme fraiche, double or single cream as you wish.

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  • Cannot resist placing Soft Whipped Cream gently turned in side after done and Still Warm,Have eaten this with Vanilla Cream in Any Form.Terrific and Easy,Thank You.

    Posted by clicquet on 9th Aug 2011 at 21.57

  • Success! Delicious.

    Posted by mShantelle on 19th Aug 2011 at 3.48

  • Adding this into soft served Ice Cream is two Divine Flavours in One.So good especially warmed. If too "runny",add into hard churned Ice Cream.Hopelessly Lovely.

    Posted by clicquet on 20th Sep 2011 at 0.51

  • Alsolute Superb..... I changed to the dates to sultanas. A complete success !

    Posted by Cooksy on 27th Dec 2011 at 13.42

  • I accidently bought prunes when out shopping for the ingredients. A fabulous mistake which I shall be make again....today in fact!

    Posted by bertie_baggio on 6th Jun 2012 at 11.59

  • This is in the Aga for tea........cannot wait!! Very pleased I can swap the weights to pounds and ounces!

    Posted by Aga cook on 9th Sep 2012 at 17.26

  • Dear Miss Nigella,after tasting this recipe i have to call you your majesty thank you.

    Posted by reeem on 21st Oct 2012 at 20.14

  • So simple, so delicious. This recipe will be used lots ....

    Posted by Jalimay on 4th Nov 2012 at 23.04

  • My family loved it, absolutely gorgeous, and so easy, highly recommend

    Posted by debbival on 18th Feb 2013 at 10.48

  • I have just cooked this. It was yummy, yummylicious.

    Posted by Tina While-Cooper on 12th May 2013 at 16.12