Easy Apple Brandy Sticky Toffee Pudding Food

EASY APPLE BRANDY STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter a 9x13" pan and set aside.
• In a medium sauce pan add the dates, brandy and 1 cup of water. Bring up to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 5 to 7 min.
• Remove from the heat and add the vanilla. Let the mixture cool enough to puree. Preheat oven to 350F.
• Puree the date mixture in a food processor until smooth and then set aside.
• Whisk the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• In the bowl of a standup mixer add the butter, molasses and sugar and beat until combined. Add one egg at a time beating well after each addition. Stir in the date puree.
• Stir the flour in, adding in scoops until well combined. Stir in the chopped apples.
• Pour the batter into the prepared dish and bake for 35 to 45 min. or until set in the middle. Let cool for 10 minutes.
• While the cake is baking make the toffee sauce. In a large saucepan combine the butter, brown sugar, apple brandy and 1/2 cup water. Bring to boil and reduce to simmer for 15 minutes or until the mixture thickens into a sauce.
• After the cake has cooled for 10 minutes. Poke holes in about 1" apart. Pour over about 1 1/2 cups of the toffee sauce and let soak in for about 20 minutes. Serve warm with the extra sauce pooled on individual plates. Garnish with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

EASY STICKY TOFFEE, APPLE AND COGNAC PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C or 320°F.
• Whizz up the dates in a food processor until chopped up a little and then add the walnuts or pecans, apple, golden syrup & cognac. Pulse a few times until coarsely chopped & mixed together, but still chunky.
• Add the butter, eggs & sugar & pulse a few times to combine.
• Finally, add the flour & bicarbonate of soda & keep pulsing until everything comes together & is mixed well.
• Butter a 1.5 litre pudding basin & tip in all the mixture.
• Smooth and level the top & bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 hr 20 mins or 1 hr 30 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out almost clean.
• While the pudding is baking, make the toffee sauce; tip the sugar into a saucepan and add the butter & the cream. Bring to a rapid boil & then simmer until the sugar is dissolved & the mixture has thickened & is caramel in colour.
• To serve, turn out the pudding and place the walnuts or pecans over the top of the pudding & pour over the toffee sauce; place pudding under a grill and cook until the sauce is bubbling.
• Serve with Ice Cream, Creme fraiche or Chantilly Cream.
• FREEZER:.
• Make the pudding ahead of time and freeze in the pudding container for up to 1 month. To reheat, defrost & cook in the microwave for 8-10 minutes on medium.Make the toffee sauce and serve as before.

STICKY TOFFEE APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine the brown sugar, cream, 60g butter and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla in a saucepan.
• Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Pour into a greased 20cm round cake pan and allow to cool.
• Arrange the apples, cut sides down, over the toffee. Fill the spaces with pecan nut pieces.
• Cream the 90g butter ,caster sugar and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla essence, until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating them well after each addition, then continue beating until fluffy.
• Gently fold in the flour and water. Spoon the mixture over the apples and bake in a slow oven for 1 hour and 40 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
• Allow to stand for 5-10 minutes, then carefully turn out onto a serving dish.
• Serve warm with lashings of cream.

STICKY TOFFEE APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease a 2-litre/3½-pint ovenproof dish lightly with butter. Tip the flour, sugar and baking powder, along with a pinch of salt, into a large bowl. Mix together the milk, butter, egg and vanilla extract and stir into the dry ingredients until you get a smooth batter. Arrange the apples in the dish, spoon the batter on top and smooth with a knife until the apples are covered.
• For the topping, pour 250ml boiling water over the sugar and stir together until smooth. Pour the liquid over the pudding mixture, then scatter over the pecans. Bake for about 40 mins until the pudding has risen and is golden. Use a big spoon to serve the pudding, making sure you get some of the gooey caramel sauce covering the bottom of the dish. Serve with pouring cream, warm custard or vanilla ice cream.