Sticky toffee, fig & walnut pudding with toffee sauce

This sticky toffee, fig & walnut pudding with toffee sauce is decadent and utterly delicious. I daresay it might even be the best ever. Queue this up to be the next dessert you make when you gather a small crowd. 

It’s a slight riff on a classic sticky toffee pudding made with dates so you could easily swap out the dried figs if you can’t get hold of them, but I really loved how they added a soft flavor element as well as a little texture.

Ingredients:

Dessert:

• 200gms dried figs, chopped
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 100gms butter
• 200gms soft or light brown sugar (muscovado or Demerara if you can)
• 4 free-range large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 350gms self-raising flour
• 100gms walnuts, chopped

Toffee sauce:

• 350gms light soft brown sugar
• 150gms butter
• 400ml cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 100gms toasted walnuts, chopped
• 3 – 4 Tbsp Molasses (optional to darken the sauce)