Date Pudding With Toffee Sauce (sticky Toffee Pudding)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups chopped pittted dates
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 pinch salt
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons butter, cut into 6 pieces
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons dark rum or 2 teaspoons whiskey

Recipe

• 1 for the pudding: preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a squate 9 inch baking pan. in a small saucepan mix together dates and water, bring to a boil. add baking soda and stir until the dates begin to break down and mixture thickens slightly, 1 to 2 minutes, set aside.
• 2 in a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, allspice, and salt, set aside. in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter and sugar until fluffy. beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 3 on low speed gradually add flour mixture alternating with date mixture and beat until combined. pour batter into prepared pan and bake until toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 40 minutes. let pudding cool in pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. meanwhile make toffee sauce.
• 4 for the sauce: in a small saucepan mix together butter, sugar, and cream. cook over medium heat stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves and mixture boils. reduce heat to low and cook without stirring for 2 minutes. remove from heat and stir in alchohol.
• 5 cut pudding into squares and serve warm with sauce.