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D-d has sent me the recipe for the Sticky Toffee Cupcakes...

crumb off the old cake




Ingredients

for cakes;
180 g dates, pitted and chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
180 g self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
80 g unsalted butter
150 g muscovado sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten

for topping:
1 tsp vanilla extract
160 g butter
200 g icing sugar
Salted caramel sauce to taste (she used ready made by M&S - you could use dulce de leche and 1/2 teaspoon salt)

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/fan170ºC/gas 4.

2. Place the paper cases into a 12 hole cupcake tin.

3. In a heatproof bowl, pour 180ml boiling water over the dates and leave to soak for 20 minutes. With a fork, gently break up the dates and stir in the vanilla.

4. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and set aside. Cream together the butter and sugar for a good 5 minutes until very light and fluffy. Add the eggs gradually, beating between each addition, slipping in 1 tbsp flour about halfway through to prevent curdling. Lastly, fold in the remaining flour and then the date mixture.

5. Spoon into the cupcake cases and bake for 15–20 minutes (the tops should spring back when pressed with a finger). Remove and leave to cool.

6. For the buttercream; cream the butter and icing sugar well and add the caramel or the dulce de leche & salt.

7. Put the buttercream into the piping bag fitted with the star nozzle and pipe it on to the cakes, or spread it on with a palette knife.



Well worth making.

Date: 07/03/2013 09:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shipperx.livejournal.com
Bet those are delicious. I love sticky toffee pudding.

Date: 07/03/2013 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
They were really good - I'll do some myself, for sure.

Date: 07/03/2013 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fenchurche.livejournal.com
Ooo... I think I could even make those dairy free. There's a local company that makes a sinfully good vegan salted caramel sauce that I could use. And there are a number of options I could use instead of the butter. Hmm...

Date: 07/03/2013 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
The cakes themselves are really good, even without the topping. You could just put a spoonful of the caramel sauce on before you ate them - but if you can get any sort of dairy-free frosting you could add a spoonful of the caramel sauce to it to top them.

Date: 07/03/2013 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] myrhiann.livejournal.com
I think I'll be making these, but without the icing. They sound sooo good!

Date: 07/03/2013 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
They would be fine without the icing, I would think.

Date: 07/03/2013 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] perpetua-redux.livejournal.com
THanks for sharing the recipe.

Date: 07/03/2013 11:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
My pleasure.

Date: 08/03/2013 01:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com
I love sticky toffee anything. YUM!

Date: 08/03/2013 08:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
These are really good - and would work without the buttercream for a simpler version. But better with it... :)

Date: 08/03/2013 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pinkydbzfan.livejournal.com
These look super nummy. Do you have an american translation of the measurements and oven temp? I want to try these so bad.

Date: 08/03/2013 08:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
They are very, very good. There is a cup/weight conversion table here (http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/us_cups_to_weight.htm) - and if you click the 'other conversions' link at the top of the page there is one to convert the oven temps to Fahrenheit as well.

Date: 08/03/2013 08:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melusine6619.livejournal.com
Oh my. Never tried them, but sounds yummy!

Date: 09/03/2013 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
They are really good - and having them made for me by my daughter made them even more of a treat.

Date: 09/03/2013 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frivol.livejournal.com
Thank you for sharing this. They looked delicious, and I'm going to save this for when it's a bit cooler and baking is an option!

Date: 09/03/2013 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
They were very, very tasty - but I can quite understand you not wanting to bake until the weather breaks.

Date: 09/03/2013 09:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com
Oh these do look good!

Date: 09/03/2013 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
And, with the dates in them, positively healthy.... :)

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