best Date Cake with sticky toffee sauce - ideal for Christmas
Spread joy and warmth around with this beautiful cake during this festive time! The perfect combination of the richness of dates and the sticky sweetness of the toffee sauce make this cake rich, moist, and totally irresistible! I personally feel this is an ideal cake for Christmas time as it gives such warmth and richness to match with the winter weather and the festive atmosphere. Make this on the previous day, allowing all the flavours and juices to infuse properly. Serve the daintily-cut, triangle cake pieces with a pool of toffee sauce. Ingredients needed: Wet dates (de-stoned) 250g Self-raising flour 150 g Brown sugar 150 g Eggs 2 Margerine/Cake spread/Butter melted 65 g Bicarb powder 1 tsp Water 1 cup Salt 3 pinches For the toffee sauce Brown sugar 5 tbsp Margerine or butter 3 tbsp Milk 3 tbsp Salt 1 pinch Let’s make it : Cut the dates into small pieces Place the date pieces and water into a deep pan and bring to boil – (3-4 mins) Do not over boil as the d...