Healthy Recipes – Sticky Toffee Pudding
This is a low-fat, low-sugar version of the old favourite. Serve with healthy option maple syrup or vanilla-flavour Swedish Glace ice-cream (low fat creamy ice-cream made from soya beans).
Ingredients
- 75g wholemeal or spelt flour (spelt gives a much lighter result)
- 100g plain flour
- half tsp baking powder
- half tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 4 medium eggs
- 200g dates
- 50ml olive oil
- 1 heaped teaspoon ginger
- 1 tsp cinammon
- 100g brown sugar
- 150g grated squash or carrot
Method
- Soak the dates in about 150ml of boiling water for about 20 minutes until soft.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl and add the olive oil.
- Grate the squash or carrot into the bowl.
- Chop the soaked date, reserving half the soaking liquid, and add to the bowl.
- Mix the dry ingredients and add to the bowl.
- Using a hand-held blender (usually utilised for soup) blend the mixture for 1-2 minutes (it doesn’t have to be completely smooth unless you prefer it that way).
- Pour into a deep seven inch cake tin and back at 150°C for about 30 minutes or until the cake “bounces back” when touched.
Hi there
I made the Sticky Toffee Pudding over the weekend and just wanted to say it was easy to make and absolutely gorgeous, the only problem was, even though it was a healthy receipe, I ate way to much!!!
Many thanks
Anne Marie
Hi Anne Marie,
That’s great!
It is always a bit of a problem – it doesn’t matter how healthy your recipe is if you go back for seconds. However, Steve always tells me that is fine every now and then, as long as you get out and run or jog it off afterwards. At the end of the day, if you’re happy, you’ll be more motivated to walk / jog/ run – and it makes a great reward!
Linda (site admin)