Chocolate-Espresso Sticky Toffee Pudding

Notes

• For the sauce, bloom cocoa powder and espresso in boiling water with sugar before adding cream and butter.
• Use a deep dish, otherwise the sauce will bubble over and make a mess in the oven.
• Resist the temptation to put more than the specified amount of sauce over the cake mixture, as this too will bubble over and make a mess in the oven.

Yield

One 9” x 13” pudding.

Ingredients

Cake

• 200 g pitted medjool dates
• 300 mL boiling water
• 100 g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for the dish
• 75 g demerara sugar
• 75 g dark brown soft sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 250 g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp instant espresso powder (optional)
• Pinch salt
• 100 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped

Sauce

• 200 mL heavy whipping cream
• 75 g unsalted butter, cubed
• 200 g dark brown soft sugar
• 30 g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp instant espresso powder (optional)
• Pinch salt
• 300 mL boiling water

Serving

• vanilla ice cream or custard
• sauce to serve over pudding and ice cream

Steps

1. Put the dates in a bowl and pour in 300 mL boiling water. Leave to soak for 30 minutes.
2. Make the sauce by tipping all the ingredients into a pan, then whisk over a medium heat and simmer for 2 mins. Pour into a jug and leave to cool slightly.
3. Once the dates are soaked, use a hand blender to blitz the dates and water until you have smooth paste. Leave to cool slightly.
4. Preheat oven to 350 ºF. Butter a deep 9” x 13” glass dish.
5. Beat together the butter and sugars for 3 minutes until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition.
6. Fold in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, espresso powder (if using) and salt. Once combined, mix in the date purée, then fold in the dark chocolate.
7. Pour the sponge batter into the prepared dish and spread out evenly using the back of a spoon. Pour the chocolate sauce evenly over the top of the batter.
8. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until risen, then leave to rest for 2 minutes. Serve warm with a big scoop of ice cream or warm custard and extra sauce.

Source

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/self-saucing-sticky-toffee-chocolate-pudding#commentsFeed