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Stickey Date Pudding Cake

Sticky Date Pudding Cake With Warm Caramel Sauce

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If you want to taste a comforting English dessert, this sticky date pudding cake is a must try. Serve with warm caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Heavenly!
Course Dessert
Cuisine British, Western
Keyword British dessert, brown sugar, brown sugar sauce, caramel sauce, date, date cake, date dessert, dried date, pitted date, sticky date pudding cake, sticky date toffee cake, sticky toffee pudding
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 8
Author Holly Ford

Equipment

Ingredients

For date pudding cake

  • 9 oz pitted dates chopped
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 stick butter softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

For caramel sauce:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup cream
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 tbsp butter

Optional topping to serve with cake

  • vanilla ice cream

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 7" x 11" baking pan
  • To make the date pudding cake, put chopped dates and baking soda in a bowl. Pour the boiling water over and let it stand for 20 minutes.
  • Another mixing bowl whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
  • In a electric mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and brown sugar until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla and beat until the mixture is creamy.
  • Add the flour and beat until combined. Add the soaked dates and the liquid into the flour mixture and fold together with a spoon until combined.
  • Pur the batter in a greased baking pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • To make the caramel sauce, heat brown sugar, cream, vanilla, and butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Let the sauce comes to a boil, stir often. Reduce the heat to med-low and simmer for 2 minutes.
  • When the cake is done, pierce the cake with a skewer liberally. Pour 1/2 cup of the warm sauce over warm cake. Let it stand for 10 minutes. Serve the cake warm with remaining sauce and vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Notes

The recipe is adapted from taste.com.au