This rich and treacly vegan sticky toffee pudding is an easy, crowd-pleasing dessert, best served with a scoop of vegan ice cream.
Hands up if you don't like sticky toffee pudding? No, I thought not.... so here's a vegan sticky toffee pudding recipe to celebrate the start of a new school year, and the return of The Veg Space which has been gathering dust for a little while, (sorry all!).
If you're a baking novice you might think sticky toffee pudding sounds a bit daunting, but don't be put off - it really is straightforward. The toffee sauce is a chuck-it-all-in-the-microwave affair, and the sponge is one-bowl job - give it a go.
I like making these little individual puddings - mine were made in a muffin tin but if you have proper mini pudding basins, all the better. You could also make one large pudding in a cake tin or baking dish and cut sticky slices for your guests.
❄️ Freezing
Regular readers will know how much I love stocking my freezer with lovely things, and batch cooking as much as possible. Just imagine having 11 sticky toffee puddings in your freezer ready to microwave in just a few minutes when you've had a rubbish day? (11 as I'm assuming you'll want to eat one (at least...) straight from the oven!
Be a good friend to your future self and stack your freezer with these little beauties.
Usually, I like to pour half the toffee sauce over the puddings as soon as they come out of the oven, then serve the other half at the table. However, if you're freezing these I recommend pouring in as much as you can whilst they are still in the tin, then, when they have cooled and you have put them into the tub you're freezing them in, pour any leftover sauce over the top.
📝 What you need
You will need:
- Microwavable jug or bowl (fairly large)
- Microwave (or small saucepan)
- Small bowl
- 12-hole muffin tin or 12 individual pudding basins, (or a large cake tin or baking dish to make one large pudding)
- Food mixer OR large bowl and hand mixer
Shopping List:
- dairy-free butter / margarine
- dairy-free cream
- dairy-free yoghurt
- chopped dates
- caster sugar
- dark brown sugar
- bicarbonate of soda
- self-raising flour
If you liked that...
.... you might also enjoy these vegan recipes from The Veg Space:
Ultimate Vegan Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ingredients
For the Toffee Sauce
- 100 g dairy-free butter / margarine
- 65 g caster sugar
- 30 g dark brown sugar
- 100 ml dairy-free cream
For the Puddings
- 170 g chopped dates
- 1.5 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 60 g pecan nuts
- 50 g dairy-free butter / margarine
- 80 g caster sugar
- 80 g dark brown sugar
- 50 g dairy-free yoghurt
- 175 g self-raising flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
To make the toffee sauce:
- Put all the sauce ingredients in a large microwaveable jug or bowl, (make sure it is big enough for the sauce to bubble up quite a way without spilling over). Add a pinch of salt.
- Microwave on full power for 1 minute 30 seconds, then stir and repeat for another 1 minute 30 seconds. If the sauce has bubbled up, remove and set aside to cool and thicken. If it hasn't yet bubbled up, continue to microwave for 30 second blasts until it does so.
- If you don't have a microwave, just cook the sauce in a saucepan until bubbling then set aside to cool.
To make the puddings:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.
- Put the dates and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and just cover with boiling water. Set aside to soak.
- Chop the pecans.
- Grease your muffin tins or pudding bowls.
- In a food mixer or large bowl, beat the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy, then add the yoghurt and mix until fully combined.
- Add the flour and baking powder along with a pinch of salt, then beat again.
- Add the dates with all their soaking water, and the chopped pecans. Mix.
- Divide the mixture between the 12 tins / bowls and bake for 20-25 minutes until an inserted skewer or knife comes out clean.
- Prick the top of each pudding with a skewer or cocktail stick, then pour over half of the toffee sauce. Leave them to cool in their tins.
- Serve with the remaining toffee sauce poured over the top, and a scoop of dairy-free ice cream.
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Helen says
Really pleased with this recipe. Easy to make and enjoyed by vegans and non vegans alike. My only improvement would be to say that you need double the amount of sauce as in the recipe as its so delicious!
Kate Ford says
That's great to hear, thanks Helen!
Clare Harden says
Delicious! You must try it. It’s so easy to do. I chopped the pecans in the food processor so fine as I was making them for my mum & she doesn’t like hard bits in a sponge cake & she thought they were really nice. No one would guess that they are vegan - a good recipe to serve up to the turned-up-noses-to-vegan-foods people (plenty of those!) A bowl of comfort.
Kate Ford says
That's so great to hear, thanks Clare x
Jess says
AMAZING! Made these for a dinner with vegans and meat eaters and nobody could tell any difference between normal sticky toffee pudding! Light and fluffy, full of flavour and so indulgent. Would make these again over the usual sticky toffee recipe I use. 5 stars!
Kate Ford says
Hurrah! Glad to hear it! X
Chloe says
Can't wait to try this recipe! How long would you recommend for bake time when baking it in a large dish to make one pudding?
Ali says
I'd love to know this as well as I'm sure it'll be easier to freeze in one pudding bowl. I can't figure out how to freeze the little ones once you've added the sauce unless you keep them in the muffin tin, otherwise won't you get sauce everywhere transferring them into another container? Unless you don't add the sauce before freezing and then just make that up before serving....?
Kate Ford says
Hi Ali (and Chloe). If you're baking in one large tin/dish I would start to check it after 35 minutes, and test just as you would a cake - does an inserted knife come out clean, or does it spring back when poked with a finger? Ali - you should find that if you pour in the sauce whilst they are still warm they absorb most of it, so you just end up with a really moist sponge rather than sauce sloshing everywhere. I tend to do this, turn them out onto a chopping board then put them in old takeaway containers in pairs, then pour over any remaining toffee sauce once they are in the tubs. When you defrost you can then just warm them up in the microwave whilst still in the tubs, and transfer them into bowls with any leftover sauce. If I was making them for a dinner party I would do as you suggest and make the sauce on the day, and freeze just the sponges on their own. Hope that helps! x
Ali says
Yes this helps enormously, thank you! I have non vegan guests coming to stay and I'm trying to cook all the good stuff ahead as much as possible.
Michael Gilsenan says
Is the bicarb meant to be in there twice?
Kate Ford says
No! Thanks for spotting this - it is the correct amount but should all be in one go - I've now amended the recipe. The perils of re-testing and tweaking a recipe many times! Kate
Wendy Henshall says
Can this be frozen?
Kate Ford says
Hi Wendy, yes absolutely - see the paragraph above 'Freezing your Sticky Toffee Pudding' for more info. Kate x
Scarlet says
Oh! That looks amazing! I am pinning this vegan sticky toffee pudding to try really soon.
Keira Ball says
Thanks for sharing. Loved it.
Jessica Formicola says
I loooooove sticky toffee pudding! I must try this vegan version- thanks so much for sharing!
Beth says
This recipe looks so delicious and yummy! My family is going to love this recipe! Can't wait!
Kate Ford says
Thanks Beth - hope they enjoy it! Let me know how it goes x
Ashley says
Oh yum! This was the sticky sweet and full of flavor sweet treat I needed! Thanks for this recipe!
Kate Ford says
Oh great Ashley, glad you enjoyed it!
Beth Sachs says
My all time favourite pudding! So tasty and delicious, the whole family loved it.
Kate Ford says
Mine too! So glad they all enjoyed it x
Sue says
This looks absolutely dreamy, I've been planning to make sticky pudding for months, and this has inspired me to do it! I can't believe it's vegan, it looks decadently delish.
Kate Ford says
Thanks Sue - enjoy!
Leigh Taylor says
Omg, these are amazing!!! Blew my mind. And they are a nice light texture too. And I finally ordered myself some medjool dates for this recipe after hearing so much about them in so many recipes, (but I perservered with shop ones.) But now Ive had medjool, omg, Ill never go back !
Kate Ford says
That's great to hear, thanks Leigh!