Best Sauce for Sticky Toffee Pudding?

What it means

• Traditional toffee sauce is simply butter, dark brown or muscovado sugar, and double (heavy) cream cooked together.
• The brown sugar and butter caramelize as they cook, giving the deep toffee flavor that defines the dish.
• Common variations add a spoon of treacle or molasses for depth, a pinch of salt for balance, or rum or brandy for adults.
• The sauce is poured over the sponge hot so it soaks in, which is what makes the pudding sticky.

Action steps

1. Melt about 100 g butter with 150 g brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
2. Stir in roughly 150 ml heavy cream and bring to a gentle simmer.
3. Cook 3-5 minutes, stirring, until smooth and glossy.
4. Finish with a pinch of salt or a splash of vanilla and pour warm over the pudding.

Risks & deadlines

• Keep the sauce at a gentle simmer and stir; a hard boil can make it split or grainy.