Self-saucing sticky toffee chocolate pudding

Combine sticky toffee pudding sponge with a generous helping of chocolate chunks and chocolate sauce for the ultimate comforting dessert.

Prep:20 mins
Cook:40 mins
plus 30 mins soaking

Serves 10
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 604
fat 32g
saturates 19g
carbs 72g
sugars 0g
fibre 4g
protein 7g
salt 0.7g

Ingredients

200g pitted medjool dates
100g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for the dish
75g demerara sugar
75g dark brown soft sugar
2 large eggs
250g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp baking powder
100g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
vanilla ice cream or custard, to serve
200ml double cream
75g unsalted butter, cubed
200g dark brown soft sugar
30g cocoa powder

Method

Put the dates in a bowl and pour in 300ml boiling water. Leave to soak for 30 mins. Meanwhile, make the sauce by tipping all the ingredients, a big pinch of salt and 300ml boiling water into a pan, then whisk over a medium heat and simmer for 2 mins. Pour into a jug and leave to cool slightly. Once the dates are soaked, use a hand blender to blitz the dates and water until you have smooth paste. Leave to cool slightly. Butter a deep 35 x 25cm dish.
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Beat together the butter and sugar for 3 mins until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition. Fold in the flour, bicarb and baking powder along with a pinch of salt. Once combined, mix in the date purée, then fold in the dark chocolate. Pour the sponge batter into the prepared dish and spread out evenly using the back of a spoon. Pour the chocolate sauce evenly over the top of the batter.
Bake in the oven for 30-35 mins until risen, then leave to rest for 2 mins. Serve warm with a big scoop of ice cream or warm custard.

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