RICH STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING THE BEST EVER

Wow Wow Wow so simple and so quick to make this is the best rich sticky toffee pudding with a rich creamy buttery sticky toffee sauce I have ever made, loaded with pureed dates for extra moisture this is a truly sumptuous pudding, the fact that I was making my French sophisticated tart au citron for fathers day and got rail roaded by watching James Martin's best bites from Saturday kitchen on Sunday morning, ended up with me making this easy and simple pudding that is outstandingly good along with the choice of thick double cream, custard, clotted cream or ice cream was a deal sealer! 

INGREDIENTS

(makes 6)

55g butter

170g demerara sugar

2 tbsp golden syrup

2 eggs

2 tbsp black treacle

200g self raising flour 

200g pitted dates

290ml boiling water

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For the sauce

220ml double cream

110g butter

110g dark muscovado sugar

3 tbsp black treacle

2 tbsp golden syrup

To serve, suggestions

Vanilla Ice-Cream

Clotted cream

Custard

Thick double cream

Pre-heat your oven to 200c/Gas 6, take 8 small pudding moulds and grease with butter.  Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, add the golden syrup, treacle, and eggs, beat smooth on a slow setting, add the flour and gently fold in and leave to one side.

Meanwhile add the dates to a food processor, add the boiling water to the blender and blend to a smooth puree, tip into a bowl and add the bicarbonate of soda and vanilla.

Add the date mixture to the pudding mixture and fold in evenly.  Three quarter fill your greased moulds and place in your oven to bake for 15-20 minutes until the centre is springy to touch.

To make the sauce place all of the ingredients in a pan and bring up to a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally until the sugar is absorbed.  This will give you the most awesome sticky toffee sauce.

To serve remove the puddings from the moulds, place each pudding on a plate and pour over the sticky toffee sauce and serve with your choice of accompaniment.  My  husband choose three, clotted cream, thick double cream and vanilla cream!!!