Delicious and oh so sweet! The recipe seems accurate, but the instructions for the caramel sauce should be clarified. Whenever you make caramel sauce, you should always cook the sugar with the butter ONLY until it reaches a "soft" ball stage - after about 5 minutes of continuous surface bubbling. Only THEN do you add the cream or milk and vanilla. You won't end up with that greasy separated mess that some have described. Serving the warm sauce over the sweet cake and a lump of vanilla ice cream is a perfect way to end a special evening's meal.

I really didn't care for this.

This cake is to die for! This recipe tastes exactly the way I had it in Scotland. Don't forget to to throw some vanilla ice cream on the side! Love it.

Love this cake! I in love with Haagen Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding Ice Cream and decided that I should try the real thing. Although I don't think this is quite as good as the ice cream it does come very close. I only baked the cake for about 27 minutes and next time I will decrease that by even more, maybe only 20-22 minutes to hopefully make it more of a pudding and less of a cake.

I give this recipe 4 stars with a five star option. I used many of the reviews and my own recipe to create a new one called Alison's Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake. See it you will love it!!

very good. i made for my Australian husband on Australia day and he loved it! i cut the recipe in half as there was just 2 of us. worked perfectly. i didn't make half the sauce though- and I'm glad. the more sauce the better.

absolutely divine...tastes awesome.could reduce quantity of dates.

This was really good, my family loved it, will make again.

The cake turned out moist and delicious...but lighter in color than I am used to with STP, so I think that next time I will use brown sugar in the cake recipe to see if I can get that effect. Also...I agree with the other reviewers...the carmel sauce is not carmel-ie enough. Mine seperated and was just sugarie tasting...but over all it was tasty..I would just modify to make it more like traditional.

Incredible and easy sticky toffee pudding!! Keep the sauce separate so that you can eat leftovers. I poked holes in the cake with chopsticks to allow the sauce to ooze in. YUM!

Excellent recipe! Tried a version of this 6 years ago at a tea shop in England, and this recipe is pretty close! I made this for a large group and the pan was scraped clean!!! Not to mention all the recipe requests! I also used whipping cream for the sauce. Be sure to use REAL butter as this makes a huge difference--especially in the sauce! Thanks Maree

Pretty good. Be careful not to overdue it with the dates (ouch!) Would be good substituting dates with other dried fruits and flavored chips. I didn't care too much for the sauce, next time I'll use a thicker/sweeter caramel sauce. Oh yeah, a little cocoa powder in the cake mix was a hit! :)

My son has an anaphylactic egg allergy - so this is how to make it without eggs. And it turned out fabulous. I only rated it four stars because I found a better sauce recipe as well. Took it for a dinner party and it was a hit. Instead of 2 eggs add 1/4 cup milk (soy is fine) and 1 tsp. powdered egg replacement. If using all-purpose flour, use 1 1/8 cup and add 1 3/4 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt. Be aware that the batter looks very runny but it will turn out. Used the 9" greased glass baking dish and cooked for 50-55mins. AWESOME!

Big hit, even with my kids! I chopped the dates in a food processor and followed the directions exactly. Came out great. Would make again.

I absolutely love this recipe! Soo yummy and the dates make it somewhat healthy =D Since others commented that the cake can get mushy I used 1 1/2 c of flour. It was the perfect amount because the cake was nice and golden brown on the top. I will be making this many more times.

This was GREAT and easy - used another reviewer's sauce (brown sugar, cream, butter-1 stick) Was outstanding!Poke holes to let sauce soak in a bit - kids never guessed dates in recipe! :)

A similar recipe calls for 1 cup of water to be brought to the boil in a saucepan with about a cup of chopped dates (you can use dried chopped dates instead of fresh if these are not available). Then take it off the heat and add the 1 teaspoon of Baking Soda. It will fizz up quite a bit so don't be alarmed. Leave it to cool while you pretty much follow the rest of this recipe. The recipe I have calls for more flour though (1 1/2 cups of self-rising flour) which may explain why some found this version to be "mushy". I have found that this cooks very well in a greased glass 9-inch pie dish cooked for about 40-45 mins. I only gave this version 4 stars though because the other recipe makes a richer, better tasting sauce. (Dissolve 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar in 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, stir over heat without boiling. When sugar is dissolved take it off the heat and add 1 stick and 1 Tbs chopped butter, stir until dissolved). You can serve the sauce poured over the pudding if you like a cake-like consistency but if you like a "gooier" sticky pudding, poke some holes in the top and spoon some of the sauce over it so it soaks in. You can then serve with more sauce if wanted. Hope this additional information helps and that you enjoy this traditional "down under" favourite!