Authentic sticky toffee pudding

These easy Sticky Toffee Puddings are rich molasses-like sponge cakes made with golden syrup & dates, topped with a buttery toffee sauce. A British treat!

This is the original recipe as it came to me from my cousin, who got it while visiting in Ireland. I am including the original recipe and our conversions. When you make the sauce, be aware that it will take you 30 minutes. Stir it constantly and add the cream a little bit at a time. It is worth every minute you spend stirring the sauce!

Sticky Toffee Pudding is actually a moist, dense cake from England. This recipe doesn't require any special equipment or steaming techniques, but creates an amazing, authentic sticky toffee pudding. It's sweet (and sticky!), but with an amazing richness and complexity of flavor.

Perfect Sticky Toffee Pudding - The best version of the classic British dessert that I've ever tried.

Who else is freezing their patooties off out there?! Worry not, for bloggers all around the great interwebs are sharing some amazing warm dessert ideas that'll keep you cozy through these brutal, dark, and drab winter

During a weeklong trip to Grand Cayman, we indulged in sticky toffee pudding two nights in a row. Once I got home, I made it a mission to make it myself. I researched several recipes, including Nigella Lawson's (I figured a Brit would give me an authentic recipe) but nothing really matched up to what we enjoyed on our trip. After lots of tweaking, I came up with the following, and I love it so much, I could cry.

The easiest cake-style pudding soaked and drizzled with a warmed caramel sauce, then served with a dollop of whipped cream…

Perfect Sticky Toffee Pudding - The best version of the classic British dessert that I've ever tried.

Warm and drenched in sauce, sticky toffee pudding is everything you want when the weather begins to get cool.

Use up left over bananas with my Icky Sticky Banana Toffee Pudding Recipe This is a Friday special of mine. I generally make it on a Friday to use up the bananas that haven’t been eaten by my children