Sticky Toffee Pudding

Ingrediants

1 cup cooking butter

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 cup dates, finely chopped

1 cup castor sugar

2 eggs

1 tbsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Toffee Sauce

1 1/2 cup cooking butter

1 cup cream

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C

In a vessel, combine dates and 1/2 cup boiling water for about 10 minutes. Take another bowl, Whisk in the flour, baking powder, and salt well

In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until they turn fluffy and add the eggs, continue beating well. To this, add the date mixture along with vanilla extract and mix well

Spread date batter evenly in a pan. Bake for 50 – 60 minutes

Remove cake from oven and cool for 5 minutes

Meanwhile to make the toffee sauce, in a saucepan, mix butter, cream, brown sugar and salt together. Heat over low, stirring occasionally till the sugar gets dissolved in the mixture.

Simmer the mixture for about 10 minutes till it becomes brown and sticky

Pour a cup of the toffee sauce over the pudding and wait for it to absorb

Slice a piece and relish the sticky toffee pudding with ice cream