We've given this classic dessert an Irish boozy twist with a Guinness sponge and sauce. It's the perfect thing to serve on St Patrick's Day.
This sticky toffee pudding recipe has a deeper and fruitier flavour than regular sticky toffee puddings, making it taste that extra bit special.
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Yields:
12 serving(s)
Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
45 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 5 mins
Cal/Serv:
543
Ingredients
For the sponge
200ml
Guinness
200g
dates, stoned and finely chopped
250g
unsalted butter, plus extra to grease
300g
dark muscovado sugar
3Tbsp.
treacle
4
medium eggs, lightly beaten
250g
self-raising flour
2Tbsp.
cocoa powder
For the sauce
100g
unsalted butter
100g
dark muscovado sugar
100ml
double cream
100ml
Guinness
Directions
Step 1Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4. In a medium pan over medium heat, heat 200ml of Guinness until just boiling. Put dates into a large mixing bowl, pour over hot Guinness; soak for 15min. Grease and line a 30.5cm x 20.5cm roasting tin.
Step 2To make the sponge, heat butter, sugar and treacle in the empty Guinness pan over low heat until butter has melted and sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from the heat, then tip it on to the date mixture in the bowl, stir and set aside to cool for 10min.
Step 3Once cooled, using a hand-held electric whisk, beat in the eggs, flour, cocoa powder into the date bowl. Pour mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 35min or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5min.
Step 4 Meanwhile, make the sauce. Put the butter, sugar and Guinness into a medium pan. Heat gently over low heat until melted and smooth, increase heat to medium and simmer gently for 5min. Add the double cream and simmer for 10min until thickened up again. Serve the sponge warm with the sauce and some whipped cream, if you like.
Grace is Good Housekeeping’s Senior Cookery Writer, serving up delicious food and drink content. Grace was trained at Leiths Cookery School and worked as a chef in some of London’s most exciting restaurants before starting at Good Housekeeping. When she isn’t eating and drinking her way through London's restaurants, you’ll find her attending music gigs and binge-watching the newest TV shows.
