California Prune Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes
Prep. time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note
For an even more gourmet treat, prepare your caramel with salted butter.
Ingredients
For a 23 cm / 9" diameter cake
For the pudding
- 65 g / 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter (plus extra for greasing)
- 160 g brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tsp. mixed spice
- 1/2 Tsp. vanilla extract
- 180 g / 375 ml self raising flour
- 1 Tbsp. baking powder or 2 Tbsp. if you use all-purpose flour
- 170 g / 1 1/2 cups California prunes
- 30 g / 4 Tbsp. chopped hazelnuts or walnuts
- 125 ml / 1/2 cup boiling water
For the Toffee sauce
- 110 g / 125 ml de unsalted butter
- 110 g / 125 ml brown sugar
- 125 ml double cream
Method
Pudding
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Beat in the syrup, eggs, mixed spice and vanilla.
- Add the flour and baking powder and combine.
- Finely chop the Califoria Prunes in a blender and add to the cake mix.
- Add the water and combine along with the hazelnuts.
- Pour into a square cake tin/brownie tin and bake in the oven for 35-45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
To make the Toffee Sauce:
- During the baking of the pudding, put all the toffee sauce ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until thick and glossy - should take about 10-15 minutes.
Serve hot from the oven with the toffee sauce and ice-cream for an even more decadent dessert
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Photo & recipe Courtesy of California Prunes
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