Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes are sweet sof and sticky individual sponge cakes topped with vanilla buttercream and toffee pieces. They have all the delicious flavours of the famous Sticky Toffee Pudding dessert in an easy to eat cupcake.
I thought I’d show you the baking I did for the Macmillan Cancer Support ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. We didn’t have our coffee morning on 28th September, we had ours on Friday 5th October. There are three different buildings where I work and usually all the bakes would be brought together in one of the buildings. However, staff in the building where I work were having a staff meeting at the time of the coffee morning, so I agree to keep my bakes in our building so they could make their donations and enjoy the baking. I’m pleased to say that the cakes raised £30 and along with the sale of raffle tickets and some additional donations, we raised a total of £85.
I made some teeny tiny cakes for those who wanted a small sweet treat.
This cookie recipe is in the Great British Bake Off book 2. I used Old Jamaica chocolate which is a dark chocolate with rum and raisins. These were very popular especially with men!
These sweet treats went down well at the coffee morning, adding maltesers to a chocolate ‘tiffin’ recipe is a great idea from Lorraine Pascale and the recipe is in the ‘Little Book of Treats’ sold by Marks and Spencer on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 180 g 6 1/2oz pitted and chopped dates
- 180 ml 6 1/2 fl oz boiling water
- 80 g 3oz unsalted butter, softened
- 150 g 5 1/2oz soft brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 180 g 6 1/2 plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
for the buttercream
- 75 g 3oz butter, softened
- 225 g 8oz icing sugar, sieved
- 3 tbsp milk
- Toffee or fudge pieces
Instructions
- 180 g 6 1/2oz pitted and chopped dates, 180 ml 6 1/2 fl oz boiling waterPlace the chopped dates in a bowl, pour over the boiling water and leave to soak for about 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 190C/375F, Gas 5 and line a muffin tin with cases
- 80 g 3oz unsalted butter, softened, 150 g 5 1/2oz soft brown sugar, 2 large eggsBeat the butter and sugar together until soft and fluffy. Break in the eggs, one at a time and mix well.
- 180 g 6 1/2 plain flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1/4 tsp saltSift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the egg and butter mixture and mix until the batter is smooth.
- 1 tsp vanilla extractAdd the vanilla extract to the date mixture, add this and mix by hand until evenly dispersed.
- Fill each case about 2/3 full with the mixture.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until risen and springy to the touch. Leave to cool slightly before removing from the tin and place on a wire rack to col completely before icing.
Buttercream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, 75 g 3oz butter, softened, 225 g 8oz icing sugar, sieved, 3 tbsp milk, 1/4 tsp saltPlace all the ingredients together in a bowl and beat until they are smooth and blended, about 2-3 minutes.
- Fill a piping bag and using a Wilton 1M star nozzle, pipe from outside to the centre of the buns.
- Toffee or fudge piecesDecorate with toffee or fudge pieces
Cakeyboi says
They look lovely Janice – it always amazes me that dates are in sticky toffee desserts – you never ever taste them!
Chele says
I think I would have had to have a bit of everything, they all look so good. Well done for raising so much money too, that is a fantastic result.
belleau kitchen says
so lovely… I love the teeny weeny ones too… I think 'sticky toffee' just has to be one of those foolproof nostalgia food themes that is unbeatable… they look gorgeous anyhoo x
Karen S Booth says
WELL DONE Janice, what a wonderful spread and I love the little squares, very tempting! Karen
Choclette says
Well done Janice, they all look gorgeous and I'd have been very tempted to have one of each. I didn't know Old Jamaica was still going – used to love it.
Jacqueline says
Oh wow! I would have spent a fortune. They all look so good. Don't know which I would want to try first! Well done on such a good collection 🙂
laura@howtocookgoodfood says
What a tempting collection of cakes and cookies. I haven't had sticky toffee pudding for ages and imagine that a cupcake with these flavours would be just delicious :)x
Caroline says
They all look great Janice – I reckon your version of Lorraine's fridge cake looks better than the version in the booklet! Congrats on raising a great amount for charity, very impressive with only a few people to sell to – I'm sure they appreciated your cakes!
Debs Dust Bunny says
How beautiful do those cakes look?! I Love sticky toffee pudding so these are definately a MUST MAKE!
Marmaduke Scarlet says
Absolutely stupendous!
Galina Varese says
These cupcakes look lovely! Well done on raising such a good amount!
Laura loves cakes says
What lovely looking cupcakes…and certainly a worthy cause! I love the idea of sticky toffee in a cake! 🙂
plasterers bristol says
nice, looks like such a delicious recipe. thanks for posting this recipe.
Simon