Reheating The Sticky Toffee Pudding | Ask Nigella.com (2024)

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The puddings are simple to heat – either microwave in the container for 40 seconds (850watts) from the refrigerator, 1 minute from frozen. You can also warm the puddings in a preheated oven – 350F/180 C for 10-15 minutes.

However, it is possible to bake the sponge up to one hour in advance, spoon some sauce over the top and then leave it to stand in a warm place for up to one hour before serving. You may need to warm the extra sauce gently again before serving with the sponge.

Cooking instructions: Microwave

If freezing at home, defrost thoroughly before heating. Before heating: Remove outer packaging and pierce film. After heating: Check food is piping hot. Allow to stand for 1 minute.

Can be oven-baked or microwaved and are best served warm.

Wrap in foil and reheat at 300ºF (150ºC) for an hour or until hot. To reheat on the stovetop, remove wrappings and place the pudding in the original mould. Cover tightly. Set pudding mould on a trivet in a large saucepan and steam 3/4 - 1 hour or until hot.

Sticky toffee pudding, known as sticky date pudding in Australia and New Zealand, is a British dessert consisting of a moist sponge cake made with finely chopped dates (optional), covered in a toffee sauce and often served with a vanilla custard or vanilla ice-cream.

Warm the puddings through, still covered, for 15-20 mins or until the sauce is bubbling. Serve them on their own, or with cream or custard.

Sticky toffee pudding is definitely best served warm because it's fudgy, soft, sticky, and delicious but if you like you can eat it cold.

Regular molasses can be used as a substitute for treacle, but blackstrap molasses can be very bitter and is not always a good substitute. It depends on your personal taste, as if you like the bitterness then you could use the blackstrap molasses.

Why can't you freeze sticky toffee pudding? ›

You could freeze leftover portions of the pudding in an airtight container for up to 1 month. Freeze the sauce in a separate airtight container. Thaw the sponge and sauce overnight in the fridge. Reheat the sponge in the microwave and reheat the sauce in a saucepan over a low heat, stiring occasionally.

All puddings have a two week un-refrigerated shelf life, a three month refrigerated shelf-life and a one year frozen shelf-life.

Unfortunately though these type of self-saucing puddings do not reheat very well as the sauce tends to thicken and be absorbed by the sponge as the pudding cools. So when you reheat the pudding it will have a sticky base but with very little sauce.

Unfortunately we don't recommend making the Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding in advance. As it is a "self saucing" type of pudding the sauce is best when the pudding is just cooked. The sauce thickens when the pudding cools and when you reheat the pudding some of the sauce tends to get absorbed into the sponge.

Sticky date pudding will last for up to five days in the fridge, or one month in the freezer. To reheat individual serves, simply cook for 30-seconds in the microwave or add to a 160°C oven for 10 minutes.

Oven: Remove sleeve and film. Place on a baking tray on the middle shelf of a preheated oven Fan 160°C / Electric 180°C / Gas 4, Cook for 25 minutes. Microwave: Remove sleeve and pierce the film lid. Cook on full power 750W 2 Minutes 40 Seconds / 850W 2 Minutes 30 Seconds / 1000W 2 Minutes 20 Seconds.