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Make-ahead sticky toffee pudding
Cooking ingredients
200g/7oz pitted
dates
, roughly chopped
1 tsp
bicarbonate of soda
75g/2¾oz light soft
brown sugar
75g/2¾oz dark muscovado
sugar
175g/6oz
self-raising flour
75g/2¾oz light soft
brown sugar
50g/1¾oz dark muscovado
sugar
pinch
salt
Dairy, eggs and chilled
50g/1¾oz
butter
, plus extra for greasing
2 free-range
eggs
125g/4½ oz
butter
200ml/7fl oz double or
whipping cream
Other
300ml/10fl oz boiling water
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