Australian Sticky Date Pudding Recipe | CDKitchen.com (2024)

FAQs

What's the difference between sticky date pudding and sticky toffee pudding? ›

Sticky toffee pudding, known as sticky date pudding in Australia and New Zealand, is a British dessert consisting of a moist sponge cake made with finely chopped dates (optional), covered in a toffee sauce and often served with a vanilla custard or vanilla ice-cream.

Preparation instructions

Whilst frozen, remove the lid and slice into desired number of portions. Remove portions from foil and place onto a microwavable plate. 2. For 1 portion, microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds* or for 8 portions microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes.

Storage; Sticky date puddings (and the caramel sauce) will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for around 4-5 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Freezing; Yes, both the puddings and the caramel sauce can be frozen.

The baking soda helps to soften the dates as well as lighten the texture of the cake. Boiling Water – used to soak the dates and once soaked, the dates including the liquid, is added to the cake.

Unfortunately though these type of self-saucing puddings do not reheat very well as the sauce tends to thicken and be absorbed by the sponge as the pudding cools. So when you reheat the pudding it will have a sticky base but with very little sauce.

The presence of sticky toffee pudding has waxed and waned in the United States during the last 20 years.

The invention of what is known in the UK as Sticky Toffee Pudding is generally attributed to Francis Coulson of the Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel in England's Lake District in 1960, although this has been challenged by writers from Scotland and Yorkshire.

Like the Christmas pudding and figgy puddings before it, the sticky toffee pudding is usually steamed for maximum moisture. Instead of figs, however, very finely chopped dates are added to the cake, which gets covered in a toffee sauce.

Sticky toffee pudding is definitely best served warm because it's fudgy, soft, sticky, and delicious but if you like you can eat it cold.

I find the best way to reheat sticky date puddings is in the microwave. Place the puddings in a bowl and cover them with a plate. Then microwave on 30-second intervals until the pudding is warm and soft.

Can you eat Christmas pudding 2 years out of date? ›

Some Christmas puddings, made with dried fruit in the traditional way, are fine to be eaten as much as two years after they were made. "Bear in mind if the pudding is alcohol-free, of course, it will last a good while with the sugar content, but it will not last as long without alcohol to preserve it," stresses Juliet.

– Sticky Date Pudding is indulgent and very sweet, from both the dates + sugar in sauce. If you don't have a sweet tooth, this dessert is not for you! To reduce sweetness, you can skimp on the sauce. Or make a lighter, less sweet sauce as follows: Use half the sugar, butter and cream, make per recipe.

Sticky Date Pudding – you're my favourite and always will be. Also known as Sticky Toffee Pudding, the simple trick that makes all the difference is to pour some Butterscotch Sauce over the warm cake when it comes out of the oven.

This traditional English sticky toffee pudding has the texture of a sponge-like cake that is super moist and full of sweet dates. The cake batter is baked on top of toffee sauce, then even more toffee sauce is poured on top.

Dates have a natural toffee-like edge to them, and when added to this moist sponge pudding and flooded with caramel sauce, they become as stickily sweet and chewy as if they were chunks of fudge themselves.