Sticky Date Cake

Name: Sticky Date Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups dates, pitted and chopped; 1 cup boiling water; 1 tsp bicarb soda; ⅓ cup butter; ¾ cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1½ cups self-raising flour; 1 tsp vanilla; toffee sauce: butter, brown sugar, cream; thick cream to serve

A warm sticky date pudding cake, soaked generously in caramel toffee sauce and best served with a big spoon of cream.

Total time

50 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

1½ cupsdates, pitted and chopped

1 cupboiling water

1 tspbicarb soda

⅓ cupbutter

¾ cupbrown sugar

2eggs

1½ cupsself-raising flour

1 tspvanilla

toffee sauce: butter, brown sugar, cream

thick creamto serve

Instructions

Pour boiling water over dates and bicarb; stand 10 min.

Beat butter and sugar; add eggs; fold in flour, vanilla, and date mixture.

Bake at 180°C for 35 min.

Make toffee sauce; pour over warm cake.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

749

Protein

6.6g

Fat

48.7g

Carbs

73.9g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

244mg

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