Sticky Toffee Pudding

     This is one of my favorite recipes.  The first time I made it was for this past Christmas and I recently remade yesterday it for my MOPs Tea & Testimony meeting.  Everyone loved it!  I found it on Martha Stewart's website.  It's so easy and delish, you have to try it!!

 Cake Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan
• 8 ounces pitted dates, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Toffee Sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan; set aside.

In a small bowl, combine dates and 1/2 cup boiling water;

 set aside to soften, at least 10 minutes.

In a medium bowl, whisk or sift together flour, baking powder, and salt to combine; set aside.

With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  

Add in date mixture, flour mixture, and vanilla; mix just until moistened.

Spread batter in prepared pan.  Bake until toothpick inserted in 

center of cake come out clean, 55-65 minutes.  Meanwhile, prepare toffee sauce.

Remove cake from oven; cool in pan 5 minutes. To ensure it will come 

out easily later, carefully invert hot cake then return it, right side up, to pan.

Toffe Sauce Ingredients

• 16 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
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• Directions

In a medium saucepan, combine butter, heavy cream, light-brown sugar, and salt. 

Heat over low, stirring, until sugar has dissolved, about 2 minutes. 

Simmer mixture over medium heat until reduced to about 2 1/2 cups, 8 to 12 minutes. 

If desired, reheat sauce over low before serving.

Using a toothpick, poke holes all over cake. Pour about 1 cup warm 

sauce over cake; let absorb at least 20 minutes.

After the 20 minutes dig in! It tastes so good nice and warm!  

Enjoy!