How Do You Make A Great Holiday Dessert, English Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe?
Although there seems to be some debate over exactly where, when, and by whom the recipe for English Sticky Toffee Pudding was first developed, it is generally believed that Francis Coulsin of England cracked the code in 1960. English Sticky Toffee Pudding is not pudding in the American sense of the word. It is a very rich, moist, sweet cake, flavored with black treacle and dates, served with a buttery toffee sauce. Black treacle is a syrup made during the processing of sugar, not unlike molasses. This recipe has been modified for American home cooks, and replaces white granulated sugar and black treacle with dark brown sugar. Despite it’s complexity in flavor and texture, the recipe for English Sticky Toffee Pudding is very simple. Though not as cloyingly sweet as pecan pie, this cake is VERY rich and is often baked in oven proof dishes, such as ramekins for small individual servings. English Sticky Toffee Pudding is a dessert to be savored slowly…by candle light…after or during a
