sticky toffee pudding
Prior to last month, I had spent exactly zero minutes of my life thinking about date cake, craving date cake or noting the absence of date cake in my life and/or site archives. Clearly, this was a misstep on my part, but I’d always assumed they were exceedingly sticky sweet, and also, well . I should just stop right here rather than confessing the latest entry in How Weird Deb’s Food Tastes?, I know I should, but that’s never stopped me before so here goes: I’m not very into warm, quivery desserts. Like soufflés. And oozy chocolate cakes. I basically don’t understand how I survived the 90s either. I understand if this means you cannot speak to me anymore.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Dates | 1 date (24g) medjool | 66 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound (12 ounces, 340 grams or about 2 1/4 cups) dried dates
- 2 1/4 cups (530 ml) boiling water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick, 4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons (25 grams) light or dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
- 1 2/3 cups (210 grams) all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick, 4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup (235 ml) heavy or whipping cream
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (215 grams) brown sugar (light is called for, but I’d like to use dark next time)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract