This sticky toffee pudding recipe for a traditional British dessert, is one of those desserts you’ll dream about after the first time you taste it. This sticky toffee pudding is easy to make, and freezes exceptionally well.
If you’ve never tried sticky toffee pudding, or sticky date pudding, I’m so glad that you’re here!
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Discovery in Scotland
The first time I had sticky toffee pudding was about eight years ago, at a hotel restaurant in the middle of nowhere, in the Scottish Highlands. And it just so happens that this classic sticky toffee dessert was claimed to have been invented at the Udny Arms in Newburgh, Scotland.
Due to a cooking issue with my kids’ fish and chips (long story), I ended up having to request my dessert “to go” which is not common practice at such restaurants in the Highlands of Scotland. They didn’t have a plastic spoon or fork to give me, so I had to eat the luscious, fresh cream-topped dessert with my fingers while my husband drove! Did I have any complaints? Not one. It was the messiest, most delicious dessert I think I’ve ever had!
Of course, upon my return to the US, I immediately looked up a sticky toffee pudding recipe to try to re-create this heavenly treat. The first recipe I made tasted so much like the one in Scotland, I’ve stuck to this sticky toffee pudding recipe with only a few changes of my own. (Mostly, like adding Drambuie to the sticky toffee sauce–talk about gilding the lily!) Note: if you hear of sticky date cake, it’s the same thing.
Searching for a “sticky toffee pudding recipe without dates”?
The first thing I want to tell you is that I HATE dates. Truly, I abhor them. Since I was a little girl, there’s something about the sticky texture and the flavor that I really dislike immensely.
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