Little sticky date cakes with toffee glaze

Name: Little sticky date cakes with toffee glaze
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes: 12 little cakes
Ingredients: 250 ml water; 250 g pitted dates, chopped very finely; 275 g brown sugar; 60 g butter, at room temperature; 200 g self raising flour; 2 eggs; 150 ml double cream; 2 tablespoons golden syrup; ¼ teaspoon salt; 75 g butter

Preparation info

Makes:
12
little cakes

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

Dates are sometimes thought of as health food. They are good for you, but they are also a great cake ingredient because they are sticky right from the start. You need cake cases for these to keep all the glaze inside the cakes.

Ingredients

250 g pitted dates, chopped very finely
250 ml water
60

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Put the dates into a saucepan with 250 ml water. Bring to the boil and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the butter and s