Hot Sticky Toffee Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 175 g dates, stoned, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tablespoon coffee extract
• 75 g butter
• 200 g light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 175 g self raising flour
• 75 g pecan nuts, chopped
• 175 g light brown sugar
• 115 g butter
• 6 tablespoons double cream
• 50 g pecan nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 put dates, bicarbonate of soda, and coffee extract in a bowl.
• 2 pour 175 ml of boiling water over and leave to cool.
• 3 preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius/gas 4.
• 4 grease and line a 1 litre basin.
• 5 put butter and light brown sugar in a bowl and beat.
• 6 beat in eggs little at a time.
• 7 fold in flour, dates and pecan mixture which has been soaking.
• 8 pour into the basin.
• 9 bake for 1 hour 20 minutes until cooked.
• 10 sauce:.
• 11 around 10 minutes from end of cooking time put the brown sugar, butter, double cream and pecans into a pan.
• 12 gently stir over heat until smooth.
• 13 bring to the boil then remove from heat.
• 14 turn pudding out and serve with the sauce.