Dairy Free Sticky Date Pudding with Coconut Toffee Sauce

Total time1 hr 10 min

Prep time20 min

Cook time40 min

Dairy Free Sticky Date Pudding with Coconut Toffee Sauce

Sticky, date-sweetened cake gets its deep caramel flavor from a mash of softened Medjool dates folded right into the batter, with warm notes of cinnamon and ginger throughout. Coconut oil and maple syrup keep the crumb moist and tender, and the whole thing bakes up into a rich, dense pudding that soaks up sauce beautifully once poked with a skewer. The real star is the toffee sauce itself, built on full-fat coconut milk simmered slowly with maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt until it turns glossy and thick enough to coat a spoon. Poured warm over the cake and finished with an extra spoonful on top, it delivers that classic caramelized, toffee-like richness in every bite. This one's an easy pick for a dairy free dessert table — cozy, warmly spiced, and just as indulgent as the original.

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Ingredients

8 servings

For the pudding

1 ½ cups medjool dates, pitted and roughly chopped
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp baking soda
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
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1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp fine salt
⅓ cup coconut oil, melted and cooled
⅓ cup pure maple syrup
2 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

For the toffee sauce

1 can (13.5 oz) full-fat coconut milk
⅓ cup pure maple syrup
2 tbsp grass-fed butter oil or coconut oil
¼ tsp fine salt
½ tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9-inch round cake pan or 8×8-inch baking pan with coconut oil and line the bottom with parchment paper.
2
Place the chopped dates in a medium bowl. Pour the boiling water over them, stir in the baking soda, and let the mixture sit for 10 minutes until the dates are very soft and beginning to break down.

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