Date-Nut Toffee Pudding
A moist cake with a sticky broiled-on brown-sugar topping. Known as Sticky Toffee Pudding in Great Britain, where it is all the rage
Ingredients
Pudding
Toffee Sauce
Directions
Pudding
In bowl, MIX boiling water, dates and baking soda; let COOL.
PREHEAT oven to 350 F.
With one tablespoon of butter, GREASE 8-inch square baking pan.
In a large bowl, BEAT remaining 1/4 cup butter and sugar until fluffy.
BEAT in egg and vanilla.
On low, BEAT in flour and baking powder.
STIR in date mixture and nuts; POUR into baking pan.
BAKE 35 minutes, until set and firm on top.
Toffee Sauce
In 2-quart saucepan, bring the sugar, butter and cream to a boil, STIRRING, over medium-low heat until slightly thickened, about eight minutes.
SPREAD sauce evenly over top of hot pudding.
PREHEAT oven to broil; SET pan on shelf positioned next to broiler coils and BROIL until bubbly, about one minute.
COOL in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.