Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake!

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper!

Step 2

De-stone your Medjool Dates, and chop up.

Step 3

Add them to a bowl, along with the Bicarbonate of Soda and the Boiling Water and leave to sit for 10 minutes. Once sat, blitz the mixture into a puree with a food processor, or blender till smooth!

Step 4

Add your Unsalted Butter to a bowl, along with the Dark Brown Sugar and use your Breville HeatSoft™ hand mixer to mix to a light and fluffy mixture!

Step 5

Add the Eggs into the mixture one at a time, and beat in each time.

Step 6

Add in the Flour, Treacle, Vanilla and Pureed Date mixture and beat again till smooth!

Step 7

Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake the cake in the oven for 45-50 minutes, or until baked through!

Step 8

Once baked, leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes in the tin, and then leave to cool fully on a wire rack.

Step 9

Whilst the cake is baking... make the sauce!

Step 10

Add all the ingredients into a pan, and heat on a low heat till the butter has melted, and everything is mixed in.

Step 11

Bring the mixture to the boil and boil for 1 minute.

Step 12

Once the mixture has boiled, remove from the heat and leave the sauce to cool fully. Stir occasionally so a skin isn't formed!

Step 13

Add your Unsalted Butter to a bowl and use your Breville HeatSoft™ hand mixer to mix the cold butter to a lovely supple butter perfect for your Buttercream.

Step 14

Add in the Icing Sugar and beat in till fully mixed in!

Step 15

Add in the cooled sticky toffee sauce and mix again, till delicious and perfect.

Step 16

Using your favourite piping tip, pipe your Sticky Toffee Buttercream onto the cake!

Step 17

Drizzle the cake with some more Sticky Toffee Sauce, and then sprinkle with your favourite sprinkles!

Step 18

Enjoy!!