English Sticky Toffee Pudding

Recipe courtesy Marie Simmons

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Cook Time:
45 min
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Times:

Prep: 20 min
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Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

1 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup pitted dates
1 1/4 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

TOFFEE SAUCE:

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-inch round or square baking dish. Sift the flour and baking powder onto a sheet of waxed paper. Chop the dates fine. Place in a small bowl and add the boiling water and baking soda; set aside. In a bowl of electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla; beat until blended. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Add the date mixture to the batter and fold until blended with 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 wire rack. Toffee Sauce: Combine the butter, heavy cream and brown sugar in a small heavy saucepan; heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil gently over medium low heat until mixture is thickened, about 8 minutes. Preheat broiler. Spoon about 1/3 cup of the sauce over the pudding. Spread evenly on top. Place pudding under the broiler until the topping is bubbly, about 1 minute. Serve immediately spooned into dessert bowls. Drizzle with toffee sauce and top with a spoonful of whipped cream.

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recipe English Sticky Toffee Pudding
Susan Morro Bay, CA 02-16-2010
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Simply Amazing dessert......
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this in a couple of those six portioned mini-bundt pan silcone (muffin) pans. Just adjusted the cooking time as needed... till done. Plopped them out and made the nice sauce. The sauce was perfect at completion ~ but I let it sit for awhile and it completely separated into a fat layer of melted butter and a fat layer of caramel. I read on-line that you can resurrect a broken caramel sauce this way: by re-heating it later on with a bit of hot heavy cream. I did this ~ the next day ~ scooped the whole mess into a heavy bottomed saucepan, added a wee bit of hot heavy cream and whisked and heated it altogether ~ this worked beautifully and from then on the sauce "stayed together" even for days later with additional reheating. For service I simply nuked the cute little cakes ~ and added the warm toffee sauce over the top.....absolutely delicious. As I was only doing it as a recipe taste test ~ I never made the whipped cream. My friend who tested my dessert said, "THIS is what I want for you to make on my birthday, for my birthday -- forever -- don't change a thing -- this is perfection in a dessert" Well of course you have to love that kind of honest commentary LOL! It's really cool to know you have this nifty dessert trick up your sleeve if you want something super simple....that might well be the best dessert someone has ever eaten ;-)Read more
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Matt Houston, TX 02-02-2010
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Unreal
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Just a perfect dessert. To contrast the toffee sauce, I crushed some pasticcios on top and served with some segmented... orange.Read more
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Stephen Bronxville, NY 12-27-2009
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Incredible STP!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Just made this recipe for the Christmas holiday...and the dessert was simply incredible! Took the suggestion from others to... replace the white sugar in the cake with light brown sugar and to replace the light brown sugar in the toffee topping with dark brown sugar which resulted in a STP that reminded me of the one I had in London. To enhance the whipped cream topping I followed Alton Brown's recipe of adding two tablespoons of white sugar (along with a teaspoon of vanilla as suggested by others) to just slightly sweeten it. Another hint to making the whipped cream-place the bowl and the beaters in the freezer before hand to completely chill them. From now on this STP will now be served during all of our Christmas dinners.Read more
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Marc NY, NY 12-23-2009
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Needed in NYC
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just made this recipe for Sticky Toffee Pudding and it is excellent. Living in NYC we have a few good options for STP... (Schillers, Dublins, Tea and Sympathy). Now we have found this and I am just as happy! However, I've been trying to find something that matches the many versions I have had in the UK. The only change I made to the recipe was to use dark brown sugar for the toffee sauce instead of light (because that is what i had on hand). Those in my family who had never had it before were very impressed and my wife agrees that it is great. i am a bit suspect of their enthusiasm though as I think they are just bolstering my cooking confidence so I cook more instead of them. Many thanks for posting this.Read more
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Maureen Visalia, CA 08-01-2009
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To Die For!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We originally had sticky toffee pudding in London about 8 years ago. It was a big hit with our family and we have used this... recipe over and over again. I also keep the pudding in the pan and pour the sauce over and then broil. I serve with vanilla bean ice cream and extra caramel sauce. This is a real winner! We travelled back to the same restaurant where we discovered sticky toffee pudding, and I can honestly say that mine was better! Great dinner party recipe, too.Read more
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Maria Bel Air, MD 07-22-2009
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I heard Johnny Depp loves it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The only reason I tried it is because I am in love with Johnny Depp and heard he loves it, so I was like "What the Heck!" I... was a little nervous because I have never had dates, but it was love at first bite! Loved it almost as much as I love Johnny!Read more