26/10/2018
A fantastically easy and delicious recipe for a sticky toffee date cake here. This can be enjoyed hot or cold and keeps incredibly well for up to 5 days if you can resist it for that long. The dates turn into fudgy little nuggets in a moist caramel sponge for ultimate comfort. Great served with caramel sauce, custard, ice cream, yoghurt or even eaten on its own with a brew.
Ingredients:
- 200g of dried dates, roughly chopped
- 275ml of boiling water
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 175g soft light brown sugar
- 150g baking margarine, room temperature
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 175g self-raising flour
- A pinch of salt
Method:
- Pour the boiling water over three quarters of the dates
- Leave to soak for 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 160C fan/180C conventional
- Blending together the butter , sugar and the soaked dates (including the soaking water)
- Add the eggs and finally stir in the self-raising flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda
- Finally stir in the remaining unsoaked dates
- Pour into a 30cm square cake tin lined with greaseproof paper
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until firm to the touch
- Allow to cool , cut into squares and serve
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