Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake

Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a look at the ingredients to make this Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake.

Dates: This classic ingredient gives the toffee pudding cake its sticky, rich flavor and texture. The dates add a sweet and sticky richness to this quick, crowd-pleasing version.

Yellow Cake Mix: Iconic yellow cake mix makes this recipe truly easy to pull together with a consistently delicious result.

Dark Brown Sugar: A key ingredient for making the surprise sauce beneath the cake as it bakes, as well as giving the entire cake a delicious toffee flavor. Use dark brown sugar for deeper toffee flavor.

Butter: Both in the cake batter and final sauce, butter brings moisture and flavor, as well as helping to emulsify the sauce.

Boiling Water: Integral to this cake, boilinb water helps make the sauce sink under the cake as it bakes. Without it, the sugar would stay on top of the cake creating craters and the bottom would be dry.

Other Ingredients You’ll Need: Milk, eggs, and ice cream for serving.

How to Make Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake

Here are some tips for making this warm and saucy cake. See the full recipe for detailed instructions.

1. Blend the Dates

Blending the dates with a food processor or blender is much easier than mincing them with a knife. Dates are very sticky and getting them small enough so they don’t sink through the batter is easier in the food processor. Adding a little milk helps create a chunky paste that is easier to blend into the batter.

2. Make the Batter

The batter comes together quickly with the help of Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix. Milk, eggs, butter, and the blended dates get mixed in to make a rich batter.

3. Add Boiling Water

Yes, we are pouring boiling hot water on top of the cake batter. Trust us, combined with plenty of brown sugar and butter, it turns into a thick, delicious toffee sauce that soaks through the cake, puddling underneath as it bakes.

How to Store (and Reheat) Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake

Follow these tips for storing Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake.

While this cake is best served still warm from the oven, if you have leftovers, you’ll want to store them correctly so you can enjoy a slice later.

Refrigerator

Store leftover Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake in the refrigerator, tightly covered or in an airtight container for up to 3 days. The toffee sauce will thicken and soak into the cake as it sits, but will still be delicious, especially reheated and served with ice cream.

Reheating

Heat individual portions in the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds or just until warm. The sauce-soaked parts of the cake may be extra hot, so use caution.