Sticky toffee pudding
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| Alternative names | Sticky date pudding |
|---|---|
| Type | Pudding |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | England |
| Region or state | Northern England |
| Main ingredients | Sponge cake, dates, toffee |
Sticky toffee pudding is an English dessert consisting of a moist sponge cake covered in a toffee sauce, often served with a vanilla custard or vanilla ice cream.[1] It is widely served in the Lake District in northwest England, where it is a culinary symbol.[2]
Composition
[edit]Sticky toffee pudding comprises moist sponge cake which contains finely chopped dates covered with toffee sauce.[2] The sponge is usually light and fluffy, closer to a muffin consistency rather than a heavier traditional English sponge, and is often lightly flavoured with nuts or spices such as cloves.[2][3] The toffee sauce is usually made from double cream and different dark sugars (brown sugar, jaggery, molasses sugar, muscovado, panela, peen tong).[3]
Sticky toffee pudding is most commonly served with custard or vanilla ice cream, the vanilla flavour of these complementing the richer flavours of the pudding.[3] It may also be served with single cream.
Origins
[edit]Where in Great Britain sticky toffee pudding originates is disputed.[2] The dish was popularised in the 1970s by Francis Coulson and Robert Lee, who developed and served it at the Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel in the Lake District.[4][5] Brian Sack, a former co-owner of the hotel, claimed that the toffee sauce was inspired by Canadian recipes that used maple syrup, [2] with David Naylor, a chef who worked at the Sharrow Bay in the 1980s, stating that the pudding was adapted from the traditional date sponge.[6] Other pubs have laid claim to earlier creations of the dish, including the Gait Inn in Millington, East Riding of Yorkshire (claimed to 1907) and the Udny Arms Hotel in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire (1960s).[7]
A take-home version to heat in an oven or microwave was developed in 1989 by the owners of the Village Shop in Cartmel, also on the edge of the Lake District[2][8] Their dish became popular, and by the late 1990s was being sold in supermarkets across the UK.[8] By 2009, sticky toffee pudding made by various brands was widely available in England from manufacturers to bake at home.[9]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe - OAKDEN". Recipewise.co.uk. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 MacEacheran, Mike (16 July 2021). "The contentious origins of England's famous pudding". BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- 1 2 3 Cloake, Felicity (14 April 2011). "How to cook perfect sticky toffee pudding". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ↑ "Puddings: how they have changed through history". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 February 2018
- ↑ "The First Sticky Toffee Pudding - Luxury Lake District Hotel". www.sharrowbay.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ "The toffee trailblazer and its sticky pudding pride". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ Davis, Jassy. "Will the real sticky toffee pudding please stand up?". Love Food. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- 1 2 Mayoh, Emma (7 October 2015). "Cartmel sticky toffee pudding celebrate 25 years". Great British Life. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ↑ Miers, Tomasina (18 July 2009). "Who wants pudding?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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