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45Total Time
20Prep Time
25Bake Time
12Serves
Easy

Sticky toffee cupcakes

10 Reviews

About the bake

These toffee cupcakes are a guaranteed hit with friends and family.

45Total Time
20Prep Time
25Bake Time
12Serves
Easy

Method

  1. Step 1:

    Place the dates in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to soak for about 30 minutes or while you carry on making the rest of the cake mixture.

  2. Step 2:

    Preheat the oven to 180°c (fan oven 160°c, gas mark 4). Line a 12 hole muffin tray with baking cases.

  3. Step 3:

    Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy and paler in colour. Add the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour if the mixture looks a little curdled.

  4. Step 4:

    Fold in the rest of the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and vanilla extract with a large metal spoon. Finally fold in the dates mixture.

  5. Step 5:

    Fill the cake cases to three quarters and bake for 20-25 minutes or until risen and golden brown in colour. They may look darker than normal cupcakes, that is due to the muscovado sugar giving them a delicious caramel flavour. Leave to cool on a wire rack while making the icing topping.

  6. Step 6:

    For the icing, beat the butter and quarter of the icing sugar in a large bowl until soft. Add the remaining icing a little at a time and beat until smooth. Do not add too much icing sugar at a time or your kitchen will be covered with a fine layer of icing sugar.

  7. Step 7:

    Swirl in the toffee sauce. Cover the cooled cakes with the icing and sprinkle with the chopped fudge squares.

Ingredients

  • For the cupcakes

    • 180g Dates (pitted, dried and chopped)
    • 150ml Water (boiling)
    • 80g Butter (unsalted) (softened)
    • 150g Billington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
    • 2 Egg(s) (free range) (lightly beaten)
    • 180g Allinson's Plain White Flour
    • 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
    • 0.5 tsp Salt
    • 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
  • For the buttercream

    • 160g Butter (unsalted) (softened)
    • 200g Unrefined golden icing sugar
    • 2 tbsp Toffee sauce
    • 25g Fudge pieces

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