Sticky Toffee Pudding

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (8 ounce) box chopped dates
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 1/2 cups self-rising flour

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle baking soda over chopped dates in a bowl.
• 2 cover with boiling water and cool for 1 hour.
• 3 prepare toffee by heating heavy cream in a saucepan and set aside.
• 4 heat â½ cup butter or margarine and brown sugar in a medium saucepan to a boil and cook for 2 minutes while stirring.
• 5 remove from heat, stir in cream and set aside.
• 6 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• 8 beat â½ cup butter and sugar in a mixer bowl until fluffy.
• 9 add eggs and beat 1 minute.
• 10 alternately beat in self-rising flour and date mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• 11 pour into prepared pan.
• 12 bake for 45 minutes.
• 13 cool in pan for 1 hour.
• 14 pour toffee over cake in pan.