Sticky Toffee Pudding

Name: Sticky Toffee Pudding
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 4-inch cinnamon sticks; 473 milliliters dark brown sugar; 532 milliliters pound dark brown sugar; 2 larges eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 227 grams Medjool dates (about 14), pitted and coarsely chopped; 12 servings Sweetened whipped cream, for serving; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 113 grams unsalted butter, softened; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped (reserve pod for another use); 473 milliliters boiling water

Sticky Toffee Pudding is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 830 calories. If you have whipped cream, vanilla bean, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter an 8-by-12-inch glass baking dish. In a medium heatproof bowl, cover the dates and cinnamon sticks with the boiling water and let stand for 30 minutes.

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Cinnamon Stick

Butter

Dates

Water

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Glass Baking Pan

Bowl

Drain the dates in a colander and shake off any excess water; discard the cinnamon.

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Cinnamon

Dates

Shake

Water

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Colander

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the softened butter with the brown sugar and vanilla seeds until the mixture is fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the side of the bowl after each addition. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour with the baking soda.

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Baking Soda

Brown Sugar

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Seeds

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add the dry ingredients to the brown sugar mixture and beat at low speed until blended, then stir in the chopped dates. Scrape the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for 45 minutes, or until the date cake is springy and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Brown Sugar

Dates

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Baking Pan

Toothpicks

Oven

In a medium saucepan, bring the heavy cream to a boil with the brown sugar.

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Brown Sugar

Heavy Cream

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Sauce Pan

Add the butter and stir over moderate heat until melted; keep warm.

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Butter

Using a fork, poke holes all over the top of the warm date cake.

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Dates

Drizzle 2 cups of the hot toffee sauce over the cake. Return the cake to the oven and bake for 5 minutes longer, until the toffee sauce is bubbling around the edges but not fully absorbed.

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Toffee