Decadent sticky toffee pudding

The best decadent dessert you'll ever taste!
YIELDS
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Ingredients
Soaking Liquid
- 1/2 cup dried dates
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup boiling water
Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Sticky Toffee Pudding
- 1/2 cup dried dates
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
Toffee Sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Directions
Soaking Liquid
- Preheat your oven to 350° F.
- Combine dried dates, baking soda and boiling water in a bowl and let sit for 10 minutes to soften.
Dry Ingredients
- Blitz dried dates and brown sugar together until incorporated.
Sticky Toffee Pudding
- Add the soaking liquid from above, straining out dates.
- Add two eggs, one-quarter cup of melted butter and one tablespoon of vanilla bean paste. Blitz to incorporate.
- Add wet bowl to dry bowl, then stir in the soaked dates. Mix to make the batter.
- Transfer batter to buttered ramekins. Place towel in a baking tray. Add hot water halfway up the sides of the ramekins, and cover with foil. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
Toffee Sauce
- Melt the butter, sugar, and vanilla together in a saucepot. Then add the cream and allow to cook for three to four minutes on medium-low, or until thickened.
Serve
- Spoon toffee sauce onto the sticky toffee puddings while still warm. Enjoy!