Kate Middleton's Favorite Sticky Toffee Pudding
Kate Middleton's favorite sticky toffee pudding
Joseph De Leo
Kate Middleton is partial to the sticky toffee pudding whipped up at the Old Boot Inn in Stanford Dingley, a village in Berkshire, England.
"It's very warm," chef Rody Warot says of the restaurant, which has two fireplaces.
Equally cozy: the fare. The comfort food has drawn in Middleton and her family repeatedly, for lunch and dinner. "Kate is always discreet and has always complimented the dishes with great kindness," says Warot, who has recently moved on from the Old Boot Inn and is concentrating on new projects as a chef consultant.
"Her favorite [dishes] are the pate on toasted brioche or the roast figs on parma ham with spicy apple chutney, followed by the tiger prawn and wild mushroom linguine," he adds. "And for the [dessert], her favorite is sticky toffee pudding. It's moist and spongy."
Want to make the dessert yourself? Check out the recipe below:
Sticky Toffee Pudding
(Serves 6-8)8 oz. pitted dates, chopped
1¼ cups boiling water
½ cup softened buttered (3½ tbsp. for batter, use the rest to butter the pan
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tbsp. black treacle or dark molasses
1 tbsp. Lyle's Golden Syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups self-rising cake flour
1 tbsp. baking soda
For Toffee Sauce
½ cup superfine sugar7 tbsp. butter
6 oz. English double cream
1. In a bowl, cover dates with boiling water. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 375. Place a roasting pan filled with about 1 inch of water into the oven.
3. Butter a 9"x9" pan. Dust with flour. In a bowl, with an electric mixer, beat 3½ tbsp. butter with sugar until combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then add treacle, Golden Syrup and vanilla. Mix until just combined. On low speed, add the flour.
4. In a food processor, puree the dates. Stir in the baking soda and stir the mixture into the batter. Pour into the prepared pan. Place in roasting pan and bake about 35 minutes until top is just firm. Remove from oven and cool slightly.
5. Meanwhile, make the sauce. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt sugar and butter until mixture turns a deep amber color. Watch closely so it does not burn. Slowly mix in the double cream. Be careful: It will bubble up at first. Once all the cream is added, cook mixture until it is thick enough to coat a spoon. Cut cake into squares and serve with sauce and vanilla ice cream.
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