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Sticky date toffee cake with hot toffee sauce: Date cakes seem to be really popular in Australia. While it pales in comparison to the popularity of banana bread, This sticky date cake is by far the best cake I have ever baked with no chocolate in it. Chocolate cakes are my weakness and specialty but now I must add dates to the list. I always seem to have luck while cooking or baking with them.
This recipe is adapted from the brilliant book‘A Passion for Baking’ by Marcy Goldman
from where I baked theToblerone Shortbread, which many of you loved for its simplicity. This cake is not as straightforward but it was yummy with such little effort.
I took step by step pictures and then realised there are way too many pictures. I put them in collages although I am not a fan of posting steps like this. Hope it’s easy enough to understand, do leave your thoughts.
More easy cake recipes:
Orange cake
Chocolate truffle cake
Moist carrot cake
Banana cake with cream cheese frosting
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Sticky Date Toffee Cake with Hot Toffee Sauce
nags
Sticky Date Toffee Cake with Hot Toffee Sauce, a fabulous date cake recipe that popular in Australia.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 50 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course Cake
Cuisine International
Servings 10 slices
Ingredients
For the date cake:
- 3/4 cups pitted dates
- 3/4 cups water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened (room temp)
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp grated orange zest
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- A pinch of salt
For the hot toffee sauce:
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup cream
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
- 2 drops of vanilla extract
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180C
Grease a springform cake pan or a normal round cake tin with butter
In a saucepan, simmer dates in water and vanilla until they are soft and almost mushy (about 3-4 mins)
Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. The mixture will foam a bit. Mix well and set aside to cool completely
In a bowl, cream butter with both sugars and orange zest until fluffy
Blend in eggs and then fold in flour, baking powder and salt
Then add the dates and mix until well combined
Then add the dates and mix until well combined
Pour into prepared cake pan
Bake for 40-50 mins or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. If the cake has crowned, cut off the top until the cake is level
To Make Hot Toffee Sauce
Bring brown sugar, cream and butter to a gentle boil and let simmer for 5-7 mins until the mixture thickens
Remove from fire and stir in vanilla
Poke holes over the cake and pour the sauce when still warm all over it
Step One
Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180C. Grease a springform cake pan or a normal round cake tin with butter.
Step Two
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In a saucepan, simmer dates in water and vanilla until they are soft and almost mushy (about 3-4 mins). Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. The mixture will foam a bit. Mix well and set aside to cool completely.
Step Three
PinIn a bowl, cream butter with both sugars and orange zest until fluffy. Blend in eggs and then fold in flour, baking powder and salt. Then add the dates and mix until well combined.
Step Four
PinBlend in eggs and then fold in flour, baking powder and salt.
Step Five
PinThen add the dates and mix until well combined.Pour into prepared cake pan.
Step Six
PinBake for 40-50 mins, until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. If the cake has crowned, cut off the top until the cake is level.
To Make Hot Toffee Sauce
PinBring brown sugar, cream and butter to a gentle boil and let simmer for 5-7 mins until the mixture thickens. Remove from fire and stir in vanilla. Set aside.
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Once the cake is done and when it’s still warm, poke holes with a skewer and pour the sauce over, allowing the cake to absorb it. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
Do yourself a favour and bake this sticky date cake NOW. Don’t miss out the toffee sauce, the cake will definitely not taste as good without it.
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aks
Loved the very idea of the cake 🙂 soooooo gooooodReply
- nags
thank you!
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- aks
Can i make this cake in a pressure cooker?
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- nags
yes you can try for sure. please follow instructions in this pressure cooker cake post.
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Loved the cake, baked it today and it turned out fab
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- Nagalakshmi V
thank you shilpa 🙂
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is it ok to substitute the orange zest with lemon zest??
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- Nagalakshmi V
yes sure!
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- Shalima
I saw this recipe yesterday (in fact i happened to see your blog yesterday and I am glad I did) and instantly I knew I had to try this. My 8.5 month baby in my womb told me he/she wanted it. So I made it today and OM… heavenly.. Thanks a lot for the recipe…
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I saw the recipe yesterday (in fact I happen to see your blog yesterday for the first time) and i knew right then and there that I had to make it… I made it today and OMG… heavenly.. my husband loved it… 🙂 . Thanks a lot..
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- Anonymous
Ok recipe
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innumkondu bakki ullathum theerthu ktta..:)
happa yummy yummy cake!..half of it will be off to M-r-i and b—gavi soon…:)Reply
ya ya ya :)..bhadramayi irippondu :)..shakalam crumbilnu aditchu matti bakki bridgil onde..:)
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