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Sticky Toffee & Walnut Cake

  • Time preparation 20 minutes
  • cook time 50-55 minutes
  • Serve Serves 8-10

Rich and gooey sticky toffee pudding in cake form! Who could resist?

  • 200g pitted dates, chopped
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 125g butter, softened
  • 200g dark brown soft sugar
  • 4 medium eggs
  • 250g self raising flour
  • 75g California Walnuts, finely chopped
  • For the toffee & walnut sauce:
  • 100ml double cream
  • 75g dark brown soft sugar
  • 50g butter
  • 50g California Walnuts, chopped

Preheat the oven to 180oC, gas mark 4. Grease and base line a 21cm cake tin.

Place the dates and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl with 150ml boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Blitz with a stick blender until smooth.

Meanwhile, whisk the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy, whisk in the eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in the date mixture followed by the flour and then the walnuts. Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for 50-55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly before removing from then tin.

Place all the toffee and walnut sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and cook until bubbling and the butter has melted, allow to cool before spooning over the cake, allowing some to drizzle down the sides.

This will keep for 2-3 days, great served warm with ice cream.

Ingredients

  • 200g pitted dates, chopped
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 125g butter, softened
  • 200g dark brown soft sugar
  • 4 medium eggs
  • 250g self raising flour
  • 75g California Walnuts, finely chopped
  • For the toffee & walnut sauce:
  • 100ml double cream
  • 75g dark brown soft sugar
  • 50g butter
  • 50g California Walnuts, chopped

Method

Preheat the oven to 180oC, gas mark 4. Grease and base line a 21cm cake tin.

Place the dates and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl with 150ml boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Blitz with a stick blender until smooth.

Meanwhile, whisk the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy, whisk in the eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in the date mixture followed by the flour and then the walnuts. Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for 50-55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly before removing from then tin.

Place all the toffee and walnut sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and cook until bubbling and the butter has melted, allow to cool before spooning over the cake, allowing some to drizzle down the sides.

This will keep for 2-3 days, great served warm with ice cream.

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