Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe
A warm, moist British date sponge soaked with a buttery brown-sugar toffee sauce. Soaked dates make the cake soft and dark, and extra warm sauce goes over every serving with cream or vanilla ice cream.
At a glance: This medium desserts recipe yields 9 servings in about 1h 10m (20 min prep, 35 min cook). It uses 16 ingredients — including pitted medjool dates, boiling water, baking soda — and walks through 8 steps. Updated . Browse more desserts recipes or return to all gluten-free recipes.
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Cross-Contamination Warning for Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe: When preparing this desserts recipe, some chopped or sugared dates are dusted with flour to stop them sticking, so buy whole pitted dates and chop them yourself. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Gluten-Free Notes for Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe: The sponge uses a gluten-free all-purpose flour blend and xanthan gum instead of flour that contains gluten, and the toffee sauce has no flour at all. Use baking powder, vanilla and a flour blend labeled gluten-free.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Tips & Notes
- Soak the dates with baking soda as step 1 says. The soda softens the date skins so they melt into the sponge, and it also darkens the pudding to its classic color.
- Make the toffee sauce up to a week ahead and refrigerate it. Rewarm it gently, adding a splash of cream if it has thickened too much.
- Reheat leftover squares of sticky toffee pudding covered in a 325°F oven for 10-15 minutes with a spoonful of sauce on top, so they stay moist.
Common questions
How long does Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe take?
Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe takes about 1 hour 10 minutes, including resting time: 20 minutes to prep and 35 minutes to cook, for 9 servings.
What should I check before making Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe with celiac disease?
Written with gluten-free ingredients. Use products labeled gluten-free, check labels, and ask your clinician about your own needs.
What cross-contamination risk is specific to Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe?
Check pitted Medjool dates, chopped, boiling water, baking soda before they go into Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe. Some chopped or sugared dates are dusted with flour to stop them sticking, so buy whole pitted dates and chop them yourself. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Which gluten-free swaps does Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe use?
Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe relies on a gluten-free all-purpose flour blend, xanthan gum. Keep those gluten-free-labeled products in place of a gluten-containing flour or sauce. If the blend already lists xanthan gum, do not add a second binder unless this recipe says to.
How should leftover Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe be stored?
Make the toffee sauce up to a week ahead and refrigerate it. Rewarm it gently, adding a splash of cream if it has thickened too much.
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