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sticky toffee pudding cake fingers

7 May 2015 by Dominic Franks

… every Thursday, without fail, we have a marketing meeting with our favourite client and every Thursday, without fail, I get pestered for cake.  I’ve never taken cake to this meeting for a couple of reasons… firstly, as i’ve explained, the meeting is on a Thursday and I usually bake at the weekends so by the time the meeting comes round i’m knee deep in the stresses of the working week and the last thing i want to do on a Wednesday night is bake… secondly, i’ve left it so long now that I honestly don’t think I can take the pressure. There’s such a fuss made and I keep trying to explain my way out of it.  So much so that now, many of the marketing team swear that I don’t even bake any food for my blog, I simply find photo’s on the internet and pass them off as my own!

As it happens I made these glorious sticky toffee pudding cakes on the recent bank holiday Monday and popped them into the freezer and utterly forgot to take them down to London with me… so i’m sorry girls, you’ll just have to wait for another week…

sticky toffee pudding cake fingers
this tray bake cake is my classic sticky toffee pudding recipe but i’ve added figs and sultanas to the traditional dates as I happened to have them in the larder.  I’ve also added a dash of brandy to the water that i’ve soaked the fruit in so these are very grown up cake slices.  Seeing that i’m on my #AlternativeEatingPlan I didn’t actually take a bit during photography but The Viking – ever willing guinea pig – told me they were delicious but ridiculously sweet, which is why i’ve not slathered them in toffee sauce, rather offered the toffee sauce for dipping if you choose… and he chose…

for the pudding
100g dried stoned dates – finely chopped
100g raisins – finely chopped
50g dried figs – finely chopped
175ml boiling water plus a dash of brandy if desired
1 tsp vanilla extract
175g self-raising flour
2 large, free-range eggs
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
85g butter
140g demerara sugar
2 tablespoons treacle or 2 tablespoons dark muscovado sugar
100ml milk

for the toffee sauce
175g light muscovado sugar
50g butter
225ml double cream
1 tablespoon treacle or dark muscovado sugar

pre-heat the oven to 170C and line an oblong baking tray… mine is 32cm x 23cm and roughly 3cm deep.

place the finely chopped dates, raisins and figs into a bowl with the boiling water, vanilla extract and if using, the brandy and set aside until cool

in a large bowl beat the sugar and butter together with an electric hand whisk… keep going until you have a smooth-ish paste… it will never be perfectly smooth like a regular cake butter as the proportions of sugar are too high but keep going until it looks lighter.

add one egg and beat in followed by half the flour and beat in, then half the milk and beat, then add the second egg and beat followed by the remaining flour and beat in.  Now add the spices and the treacle or sugar followed by the remaining milk and beat again.

tip the soaked fruit into the batter and beat in once more then pour the batter into the tray and bake for 20-25 mins until risen and firm – set aside to cool in the tray for a few mins and then remove from the tins and cool on a wire rack

to make the toffee sauce simply melt the butter, sugar and half the cream in a pan, stirring all the time.  Allow it to gently come to the boil, then add the treacle or sugar and let it bubble away for a couple of minutes and let it darken without burning.  Take it off the heat and stir in the remaining cream.  Store the sauce in a sterilised jam jar for up to a month in the fridge

dates are grown in many of the warmer countries of Europe such as Israel, Turkey and Greece and therefore I am entering these sticky toffee fingers into the Eurovision themed Treat Petite bloggers challenge hosted by Stuart the CakeyBoi and Kat The Baking Explorer

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    7 May 2015 at 9:15 pm

    Love the idea of a big pot of sticky toffee sauce to dip cakey fingers in! How lovely and childish! The sort of thing I would definitely want to take to a management meeting…… Could be hilarious!

  2. Magnolia Verandah says

    8 May 2015 at 4:19 am

    Oh my – these sound like just the best. I wouldn't take these to London I would keep them for myself in small packages in the freezer to take out when you fancy something sweet.

  3. helen says

    8 May 2015 at 7:23 am

    oh wow these look really good & it's reminded me that I have cream in the fridge that I can use up by making toffee sauce!
    funny that they think you're a fake food blogger!

  4. gouyez says

    8 May 2015 at 10:59 pm

    Yummmmyyyy

  5. gouyez says

    8 May 2015 at 11:00 pm

    Want to make these this weekend but I always fail at toffee. It burns everytime. Couple of times I've taken It off too soon as well. It's so hard to get right.

  6. Stuart Vettese says

    9 May 2015 at 4:25 pm

    These are genius Dom. They could also represent the UK too as Sticky Toffee is soooo British. Thanks for taking part in Treat Petite.

  7. belleau kitchen says

    9 May 2015 at 6:31 pm

    It's all about stirring it on a low heat. Patience is a virtue Rema darling.

  8. belleau kitchen says

    9 May 2015 at 6:32 pm

    Thanks Stuart. They are very British too yes!

  9. John Gray says

    9 May 2015 at 10:11 pm

    That looks better than sex

  10. Treat and Trick says

    10 May 2015 at 2:46 am

    What a lovely treats! Your toffee sauce makes me want to try it right away….

  11. Karen S Booth says

    10 May 2015 at 8:03 am

    What a GREAT idea Dom and one that I bet was hugely popular in the meeting! I love these, and although I am a savoury more than sweet person, these would be very much enjoyed my me as I am a toffee addict!

  12. Janice Pattie says

    10 May 2015 at 4:48 pm

    A very clever idea, I like the idea of being able to cut a slim finger to enjoy while those who are a bit more greedy (or thinner) could have a bigger slice!. Pinning this one for later consumption.

  13. Tricia Buice says

    11 May 2015 at 11:58 pm

    This is brilliant! I could really enjoy these – one at a time!

  14. Choclette Blogger says

    12 May 2015 at 8:11 am

    Ah, you got me at sticky then followed by toffee and pudding and I am completely hooked! Just tell em straight Dom – NO! If you're looking for a good home for these, there is always me of course 😉

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