March 30, 2026

Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake

Serves:

Cooking Time:

< 45 min

Ingredients:

Cake:
125 g dates, finely chopped
125 ml boiling water
5 ml bicarbonate of soda
5 ml vanilla essence
250 ml soft brown sugar
loosely packed
2 large egg(s)
15 ml golden syrup
100 ml butter, melted
250 ml cake flour
5 ml baking powder
salt, a pinch

Syrup:
125 ml light brown sugar
125 ml water

Sauce:
60 ml butter
60 ml soft brown sugar
60 ml golden syrup
77 g LANCEWOOD® Medium Fat Plain Cream Cheese (approx. 1/3 of a 230 g tub)

Icing:
154 g LANCEWOOD® Medium Fat Plain Cream Cheese (approx. 2/3 of the 230 g tub)
180 ml icing sugar
5 ml vanilla essence

Method

Cake:

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and line a
5 cm x
5 cm x 5 cm square cake pan.
Pour the boiling water over the dates. Add the bicarbonate of soda and the vanilla essence. Leave to stand for 15 minutes.
Mash with a fork to a coarse puree. Set aside.
Beat the sugar, eggs and golden syrup together until creamy and light.
Beat in the melted butter. Add the dates and mix in. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
Fold into the egg mixture with a metal spoon and mix until just combined. Spoon into the prepared pan.
Bake for 25 – 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Use a toothpick and poke the cake all over. Pour syrup over.
Leave to cool slightly until the syrup is absorbed.
Turn out onto a serving plate.

Syrup: Stir the sugar and water together until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil and boil for 3 minutes.

Sauce: Stir butter, sugar and syrup together until sugar has dissolved. Add cream cheese and mix in.

Icing: Beat cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla essence together until thick.

To finish: