
Banana Sticky Toffee Pudding
A rich, gooey dessert with the natural sweetness of bananas, perfect for any occasion and irresistibly delicious.
Recipe by S’philile Gebashe
Serves: 8
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 35 – 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 300g muscovado sugar
- 3 ripe bananas, peeled
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150g prunes, pitted and chopped
- 100g butter, softened
- 250g self-rising flour
- 50g pecan nuts, chopped
- 200g double cream
- 1/2 cup water, boiling
- 1 cup water, room temperature
To Serve:
- Vanilla ice cream
How To Make Banana Sticky Toffee Pudding
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a casserole dish.
- In a heatproof bowl, put the chopped prunes and pour over boiling water.
- Cover and leave to soak for a few minutes.
- Once cool, transfer into a blender and blitz up until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- In a medium size bowl, mash two bananas and whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs.
- Add the banana mixture into the butter and half of the sugar, then fold in the prunes mixture and flour to make the batter.
- In a saucepan, heat the cream with the rest of sugar and cold water until the sugar has dissolved.
- Transfer the batter into the baking dish.
- Halve the remaining banana lengthways and arrange it on top, cut side-up.
- Sprinkle the nuts and pour over the cream mixture, then bake until golden and risen.
- Let it cool and serve with ice cream.
- Enjoy!