Sticky Toffee Pudding

At the famous Sharrow Bay Hotel in the Lake District they make a baked Sticky Toffee Pudding studded with dates. It is a pudding I love, and was the inspiration for The Carved Angel’s Sticky Toffee Pudding. I use apricots where they use dates, increase the sticky toffee topping, and steam the mixture instead of baking it. The apricots, chopped so finely that you barely realise what they are (use a processor for this), give a mild sharpness.