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A Gloriously Delicious Two-Layer Sticky Toffee Cake with a Homemade Toffee Sauce, Toffee Buttercream Frosting and more! Heaven on a plate!
I’m in the mood to give you guys another very well requested recipe… and here it is. After the downright delicious success of my Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake, I had SO many requests for a layer cake version!
This is a very straight up variation on my loaf cake version – but obviously just changed slightly to fit round tins! The wonderful thing really about converting loaf cakes to round cakes is that they tend to switch quite well, it’s just the baking time that changes!
I went for two 8″/20cm round tins for this, rather than a three later version like some of my other cakes because this cake is rich and has such a deep flavour, that two-layer is definitely plenty enough for me!
Now, THIS IS IMPORTANT. That needs the capitals because… I know I will get some people having a moan about the medjool dates. I will say this here, and later on, and probably again, but PLEASE USE THEM.
I know that not everyone likes dates, but for that very reason… these are blended to a puree. There are no lumps of date, there is nothing lumpy at all – and it just honestly makes the flavour SO MUCH BETTER. Please, use them. You can’t just leave them out either as that will mess up the recipe!
After that – the black treacle. This may have different names in different countries – but it really is a black coloured thick syrup/treacle substance – and it’s really quite bitter on it’s own. However, mixing that with the rest of the ingredients gets THE taste you are after!
If you can’t access it, you can use your nearest alternative (that again depends on where you are) – but for example you can use golden syrup in the UK. It does result in a lighter and less sticky toffee flavour and colour, but otherwise – it’s the best substitute!
The mixture is quite a runny mix, but that’s okay! It’s got a lot of ingredients in comparison to a normal cake batter – but it’s 100% worth it! You just need to split it evenly between two tins, and bake!
For the sauce, you can easily cheat and use shop bought toffee sauce if you prefer, there’s definitely nothing wrong with that! However, I just adore the homemade sauce. It’s smooth, it’s delicious and it’s so easy to make!
Add the ingredients to a pan, melt, boil for a short while, and leave to cool. So simple, so worth it. Again, you can substitute the black treacle for golden syrup here, but the colour/flavour will change again! I do also recommend the dark brown sugar for both the cake and sauce again for flavour and colour!
For the buttercream, you want to use block butter. The kind you get wrapped in foil – not a spread. Because you are adding in a liquid, the sauce, you want the firmness of the butter. Let the butter be at room temperature before starting, it makes it easier!
Add in the icing sugar, beat, and then add in the sauce, and beat again! Slather it on the cakes, or pipe – and you’ll have the most epic cake. Drizzle on some extra sauce, because why not?! Add some sprinkles, add whatever you want!
I love to serve this with a scoop of vanilla or clotted cream ice cream, or when I want something really delicious and filling, some custard! Of course, it’s perfect on it’s own though. I hope you love this recipe! X

Sticky Toffee Cake!
Ingredients
For the Sponge
- 250 g Medjool Dates (I weighed with stones in)
- 1.5 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 180 ml Boiling Water
- 125 g Unsalted Butter
- 225 g Dark Brown Sugar
- 4 Medium Eggs
- 250 g Self Raising Flour
- 125 g Black Treacle
- 1.5 tsp Vanilla Extract
For the Sauce
- 150 ml Double Cream
- 1 tbsp Black Treacle
- 75 g Dark Brown Sugar
- 50 g Unsalted Butter
For the Buttercream
- 200 g Unsalted Butter
- 400 g Icing Sugar
- 85 g Sticky Toffee Sauce (above)
Decoration
- Sprinkles
- Fudge Pieces
- Sticky Toffee Sauce (above)
Instructions
For the Sponge
- Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line two 8"/20cm round cake tins with parchment paper!
- De-stone your Medjool Dates, and chop up into quarters.
- 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!
- Add your Unsalted Butter to a bowl, along with the Dark Brown Sugar and beat till combined and smooth!
- Add the Eggs into the mixture one at a time, and beat in each time.
- Add in the Flour, Treacle, Vanilla and Pureed Date mixture and beat again till smooth!
- Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake the cake in the oven for 35-40 minutes, or until baked through! I test with a skewer, and listen for the cake to make no sounds!
- Once baked, leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes in the tin, and then leave to cool fully on a wire rack.
For the Sauce
- Whilst the cake is baking... make the sauce!
- Add all the ingredients into a pan, and heat on a low heat till the butter has melted, and everything is mixed in.
- Bring the mixture to the boil and boil for 1 minute.
- Once the mixture has boiled, remove from the heat and leave the sauce to cool fully. Stir occasionally so a skin isn't formed!
For the Buttercream
- Add your butter to a bowl or stand mixer and beat on it's own for about 3-5 minutes until smooth and supple.
- Add in the Icing Sugar and beat in till fully mixed in!
- Add in the cooled sticky toffee sauce and mix again, till delicious and perfect.
For the Decoration
- Using your favourite piping tip, pipe your Sticky Toffee Buttercream onto the cake!
- Drizzle the cake with some more Sticky Toffee Sauce, and then sprinkle with your favourite sprinkles!
- Enjoy!!
Notes
- You MUST use the dates! They are pureed, there are no nasty lumps - and they make the cake SO MUCH BETTER.
- If you can't access treacle, you can use golden syrup - the taste and look will be different though!
- This cake will last in for 3-4 days once made! If you store it in the fridge, the sponge may dry out a little, but it'll still be damn tasty!
- You can buy some Toffee Sauce to use instead, but I always think the homemade kind is better!
- I used a 2d Closed Star Piping tip for the decoration!
- This is inspired by my Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake!
- You can easily make one layer by halving the recipe!
ENJOY!
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134 Comments
Jane
February 9, 2021 at 6:21 pmHi. Can you tell me do you use all the sauce for the buttercream
Jane's Patisserie
February 9, 2021 at 7:16 pmNo you don’t – the amount used for the buttercream is listed, any spare can be served with the cake!
Alison
February 6, 2021 at 4:56 pmThis was my husbands first attempt at baking a cake, as I was unable to do the mixing, it was for my Daughters birthday , I thought I’d surprise her with a visit. The cake looked amazing , we’ll certainly bake it again in the future. The recipe was easy to follow too, one husband very pleased with himself.
Amy
February 4, 2021 at 8:03 pmHi Jane. I’m planning to make this for my partner for Valentine’s Day. I’m using love heart cake tins that are 23cm. Should I increase the recipe a bit, if so by how much? And how much would that affect the baking time! Thankyou so much. I’ve enjoyed making so many of your recipes and can’t wait to try this one out!
Jane's Patisserie
February 7, 2021 at 12:38 pmHeart tins of about 9″ I often find fit to the volume of an 8″ round – so I would stick as it is! x
Lisa
February 4, 2021 at 12:59 amHi there,
When you say 2 x 8” tins would that be sandwich tins or are they too shallow? That’s all I have so just wanted to check before baking for my husbands birthday this coming Monday 😊 thanks
Jane's Patisserie
February 4, 2021 at 11:44 amI generally avoid sandwich tins as they are too shallow! xx
Yvonne
January 25, 2021 at 12:18 pmHi I was wondering if this recipe can be made using 9″ cake tins instead of 8″.?
Thanks.
Jane's Patisserie
January 28, 2021 at 7:37 pmI would recommend increasing the recipe by about 1/3 for 9″ tins x
Aela
January 25, 2021 at 12:13 pmWon’t the cake be tooo sweet with the dates and that amount of brown sugar. Will the cake be affected if I reduce the sugar to 150g
Jane's Patisserie
January 27, 2021 at 8:08 pmThe cake texture may likely change if you change the recipe x
Niamh MacFarlane
January 25, 2021 at 3:18 amHi, I was wondering if I could make this recipe in 2 9″ tins instead of 8″? ,if so should I adjust the recipe at all.
Thanks.
Jane's Patisserie
January 27, 2021 at 8:14 pmThat usually means you need to increase the recipe by a bit – about a quarter to a third x
Sara Robson
January 23, 2021 at 12:51 pmMade this recipe a few times and always loved it.
Want to make it in to a 4 tier cake
Would I just double the measurements?
Thanks
Jane's Patisserie
January 23, 2021 at 5:50 pmYes!! x
Mike
January 18, 2021 at 9:27 pmThank you so much for this recipe. I made it as birthday cake for my wife, I make her a cake every year, plus for special occasions etc. She’s just said it’s probably the best cake I’ve ever made! It is very good. It even looks like yours! Thanks again.
Katie
January 9, 2021 at 9:38 pmHello! I was wondering if you could convert this recipe into US baking measurements?
Thank you!
Jade Frances
January 7, 2021 at 9:38 pmMade this into 3 layers but they were slightly thinner. Absolutely amazing recipe as always!!
Sophwar
December 27, 2020 at 8:41 pmI made this into a sticky toffee trifle and it was amazing!
I halved the cake mix to make a single sponge, made a whole batch of the toffee sauce and poured it over the cooled sponge in the bottom of the trifle dish. When it had set, I poured on custard and whipped cream.
Everyone loved it – will definitely make it again! The sponge and sauce recipes are super easy and incredibly tasty. Thank you for sharing x
Claire Davison
December 11, 2020 at 6:08 pmI’m thinking of baking this in 6″ tins – would this be same temperature and just less time??
Jane's Patisserie
December 11, 2020 at 9:15 pmYou would need to reduce the recipe to about 2/3, and then yes less baking time!
Katie Spencer
December 8, 2020 at 8:15 pmI’ve made this today for my Dads birthday tomorrow and it’s slightly sunken in middle. It did make sound but appeared to be starting to over cook on edges so I took it out anyway… worried whether I should start again in morning now?!? I also googled date weight conversion and used 190g but see above you advised someone else to use same. Nervous!
Jane's Patisserie
December 8, 2020 at 8:55 pmThe amount of date difference won’t have cause the problem – it maybe opening the oven too early, or the cake not being baked enough. It will be fine even if a little dipped! If you want to make it again, lower the temp and bake for longer x
Amy Lorenz
December 8, 2020 at 7:24 amMade this recipe into cupcakes for me and my sisters birthday and they went down a treat! Super super yummy!
Janice
December 7, 2020 at 10:50 pmI made this for my husband’s birthday and it turned out perfectly. Insta-worthy and all my friends were impressed! I used softened butter for both the sponge and buttercream – I think that’s right?
Jane's Patisserie
December 8, 2020 at 10:22 amYes so for the cake you can use a room temperature butter or baking spread, and for the frosting room temperature butter! x
Rebecca McIvor
December 6, 2020 at 1:23 amHey!
I was wondering if this could be made as a sheet cake? If so, is there anything major you could change?
Thanks 😊
Jane's Patisserie
December 6, 2020 at 9:49 amYes I’m sure that would be fine! I’m not 100% on timings, but I would use about a 9×13″ tray x
Rebecca McIvor
December 5, 2020 at 5:48 pmCan this recipe be made as a sheet cake??
Jane's Patisserie
December 6, 2020 at 9:44 amYes I’m sure that would be fine!
Sophie Hill
November 29, 2020 at 9:38 amHi Jane, I plan on making this cake this week for my birthday, and was just wondering if the dates used need to be fresh or whether dried dates can be used? Thanks😊
Jane's Patisserie
November 29, 2020 at 3:28 pmI use dried dates!
Sophie Hill
December 1, 2020 at 10:52 amThank you😊 the dried dates I have are already pitted, do you know roughly what weight is needed please? X
Jane's Patisserie
December 1, 2020 at 11:07 amI would just use the same! x
Holly
November 20, 2020 at 12:03 pmHi Jane,
The cake is currently in the oven. I’m making it for my dads birthday tomorrow.
Is it okay to do the toffee sauce the day before or is it best done on the day?
Thank you for an amazing recipe.
Jane's Patisserie
November 20, 2020 at 1:40 pmEither is fine – it lasts well for quite a few days x
Kathryn
November 17, 2020 at 2:14 pmI baked this cake for my partners birthday and it was a massive hit – he’s already requested that I make it again!
The only thing I noticed was that my toffee sauce was very dark in color compared to the pictures (it almost looked like chocolate sauce). Any idea what I should do differently for next time?
Thanks!
Jane's Patisserie
November 17, 2020 at 3:40 pmIt may just be the sugar or similar – but also my photos do have lights and editing naturally so I wouldn’t say the colour matters at all! xx
Rosie
November 9, 2020 at 5:39 pmHow long will the toffee sauce last for?
Jane's Patisserie
November 11, 2020 at 12:31 pmI would say about 5 days in the fridge! x
Rachel
November 1, 2020 at 8:03 pmHi Jane,
I would like to cover the cake with the buttercream and drip the sauce of the sides like a drip cake. Do you think that would work? (Would it effect the sponge and would the sauce be thick enough not to run straight down the sides, but stop halfway like it should with a drip?) Thank you!
Jane's Patisserie
November 1, 2020 at 8:12 pmI would personally say the sauce is too runny, and the buttercream isn’t the firmest either so it may not have the best drip cake results. It can certainly be worth a go, but I don’t want to promise that it will work! x
Faye
October 30, 2020 at 5:50 pmHi, I would like to try this but I don’t have a food processor or blender, is there any way I could make this without it please?
Jane's Patisserie
October 31, 2020 at 8:39 amYou can chop and chop and chop the dates until they become a puree – soak them and remove them to chop, and then mix them back in with the water!
Emma
October 23, 2020 at 9:29 pmHi Jane, just tried making this cake and the icing has gone horribly wrong! I followed the recipe exactly but the icing is so thin and runny. There is no way I can ice a cake with this. Do you know what I could’ve done wrong?
Jane's Patisserie
October 24, 2020 at 9:51 amWhat exact type of butter did you use?
Julie Smith
October 17, 2020 at 7:15 pmHi Jane, now going to put this cake together, but it didn’t rise in the middle 😭, any part where I cud have gone wrong?
Jane's Patisserie
October 17, 2020 at 7:19 pmUsually it means it hasn’t bake for long enough, or a raising agent wasn’t measured correctly – as long as it’s baked enough now though, it’ll be fine to eat!
Paul
October 13, 2020 at 8:15 amI love sticky toffee pudding and I love this cake. The flavour is sensational, the whole family loved it. Thank you.
Katherine
October 3, 2020 at 3:54 pmShould you drain the dates before blending?
Jane's Patisserie
October 3, 2020 at 8:21 pmNo, blend with the water!
Holly
September 26, 2020 at 4:15 pmJust making this now but my toffee sauce seems very thin, does it thicken up as it cools? Thanks!
Jane's Patisserie
September 27, 2020 at 9:40 amIt’s not an incredibly thick sauce, but it should thicken slightly when it cools yes x
Inga
September 17, 2020 at 4:37 pmWill be baking it for my boyfriends birthday as he absolutely loves sticky toffee pudding! Can I use deri dates instead of medjool?
Jane's Patisserie
September 17, 2020 at 7:39 pmAhh yay! Yes, you can use any sort of date really! x
Shirley
September 16, 2020 at 8:11 pmHi Jane looking to make this recipe. I assume the sauce makes more than you need and wondered if sauce can be frozen 🤔
Jane's Patisserie
September 16, 2020 at 9:03 pmYes it does, and yes it can!
Jess
September 18, 2020 at 7:15 pmHi Jane ! Made this cake once and it was absolutely incredible! I have a birthday party next weekend and would like to make this cake into individual cupcakes instead . What quantities would I need ? ❤️
Jane's Patisserie
September 18, 2020 at 8:44 pmThis can make about 24-30 cupcakes x
Catherine
September 6, 2020 at 1:07 pmHi Jane, thank you so much for this terrific recipe, halved it and made mini sticky toffee cakes, they were amazing.
Love all your recipes 😋
Jane's Patisserie
September 7, 2020 at 2:47 pmAhh yay!!
Molly
September 3, 2020 at 11:54 amHi Jane,
I see that this recipe only requires 125g of butter for the sponge. Usually the butter, sugar and flour are in equal quantities so I just wondered why these aren’t? Is it because you’re adding the dates/treacle?
Thanks,
Molly
Jane's Patisserie
September 3, 2020 at 2:08 pmA sticky toffee sponge is completely different to a basic sponge, so the recipe is correct as it is xx
Catherine
September 1, 2020 at 5:14 pmHello – could I half the sponge recipe and make these mini sticky toffee cakes (similar to your Mini Victoria Sponges – which turned out amazing 😃)
Jane's Patisserie
September 1, 2020 at 9:24 pmYes! It may make more than 12 though x
Elodie Pinn
August 29, 2020 at 7:57 pmHello! If I was to colour the buttercream with blue colouring- would it work? Making this for my Dad who is an avid fisherman and want to make a themed cake, making the buttercream as a “pond”? Thank you! Xxx
Jane's Patisserie
August 30, 2020 at 8:52 amThe colour of the frosting is quite a deep colour, so it may be a bit tricky to get it to the blue (because the starting colour isn’t white) x
Elodie
August 30, 2020 at 10:47 pmThat’s what I thought! What do you reckon I could do as an alternative? Need to get my thinking cap on! Xx
Jane's Patisserie
August 31, 2020 at 9:46 amYou could maybe use some of the sauce and part of the buttercream in the middle of the cake, but then decorate with a plain/vanilla buttercream instead to get the blue colour? x
Elodie
September 2, 2020 at 8:22 pmMe again!
Would the frosting ingredient quantity be enough to fill the middle, a crumb coat and an outer layer of frosting?
Then I’m going to do a small batch of vanilla buttercream for the top frosting and colour that!
Can’t wait to make this cake as I’ve used some of your other recipes which were lovely!
Thanks so much ❤️
Jane's Patisserie
September 2, 2020 at 9:54 pmI mean it should be, as I do like to put on a lot of frosting, so I reckon it would be fine!!! And I really hope it works for you!! xx
Lynsey
August 25, 2020 at 7:00 amHi Jane, amazing cake! Just wondering if this could be made into a gluten free version by substituting the self-raising flour for gluten free flour?
Thanks!
Jane's Patisserie
August 25, 2020 at 1:03 pmI haven’t tried this yet myself with this recipe, but it should be okay! Maybe some xantham gum would help x
Catherine
August 23, 2020 at 4:37 pmHi Jane, could this recipe be adapted to make mini cakes like your mini Victoria sponges? Or am I better sticking to halving the recipe to make cupcakes?
Melissa
August 13, 2020 at 6:03 pmHi Jane, Just wondering what type/brand cake tins do you use for your layer cakes? I’d like to buy a decent set for myself.
Jane's Patisserie
August 13, 2020 at 8:32 pmI use a variety at the moment – but I am working on a post for just that! X
Jane
August 4, 2020 at 7:27 pmFantastic, our new favorite cake.
I made it for my husband’s birthday there was enough sauce and icing left over, so I made half the cake recipe and we had another (smaller) one. Yummy
Lucy
July 31, 2020 at 9:20 pmHi Jane! Would this work if I split the mixture into 3 20cm tins? If so, would the baking time be different?
Jane's Patisserie
August 1, 2020 at 10:19 amYes so the baking time would be less – I’m not sure how much less, but keep an eye on the cakes at about 25-30 minutes?
Elle
July 27, 2020 at 9:33 pmHi, I love all the recipes of yours I’ve done so far. I’m looking forward to making this for my friends’ birthday. I’ve only been able to get hold of Deglet Nour dates- are these ok to use instead of the Medjool dates? I’ve never really used dates before, so I’m not sure! Thanks 😊
Jane's Patisserie
July 28, 2020 at 3:56 pmYes so you can use other types of dates (just without stones in!) but I just prefer medjool is all! xx
Emma Hopkins
July 23, 2020 at 4:18 pmHi jayne cake looks incrdible!! could i do a caramel cheese frosting? Would that work!?
Claire
July 22, 2020 at 8:25 pmI made this recipe in the loaf version and it was delicious! It froze well too! Can I use the same recipe to make cupcakes instead of one big cake?
Jane's Patisserie
July 23, 2020 at 10:06 amYes! x
Nuala hale
July 21, 2020 at 9:00 pmHi Jane. I wanted to use this recipe to make a tall 6″ diameter cake. If I split this between 2 6″ tins and split and fill do you think it would make a tall cake?? So excited to make it!!
Nuala
Jane's Patisserie
July 22, 2020 at 8:25 amYes definitely – the sponges are quite deep as it is, so 6″ would be very very tall!
cynthia caton
July 18, 2020 at 4:13 pmHi Jane,
Your notes say that the cake will last for 3-4 days does this mean at room temperature in airtight container, or 3-4 days if kept in the fridge ?
Thanks
Jane's Patisserie
July 18, 2020 at 4:31 pmI keep it at room temp personally, but this one should be okay on the fridge on a really hot day!
Em
July 15, 2020 at 6:38 pmHi Jane, this cake looks amazing .. going to have a go tomorrow, just wanted to check with you how you do your caramel drizzle?! I made your no bake biscoff cheesecake and it tasted fantastic but my biscoff drizzle on the top didn’t look like yours! I used a spoon. Want to get it right for the toffee cake .. did you use a piping bag ? Thanks
Jane's Patisserie
July 15, 2020 at 8:52 pmSo yes I often use a piping bag – but sometimes a spoon too! Piping bags definitely give more control I find! x
Darcy
July 12, 2020 at 7:59 amHi, first of all I want to say I am absolutely in love with all your recipes!!!! Xxx I’m planning to make this cake over two days, would the butter cream keep well in the fridge to ice it the next day or would you suggest I make it fresh for when I’m using it? Xxxx
Jane's Patisserie
July 12, 2020 at 7:20 pmI would personally make the buttercream fresh, as you’d have to re-mix it anyway to decorate if made the day before! x
Lucy
July 2, 2020 at 8:43 pmHi Jane, do you have to peel the dates first or leave the skins on? I’ve made a sticky toffee pudding before that’s stated to take the skins off. Thanks :-). x
Jane's Patisserie
July 3, 2020 at 11:56 amI don’t peel medjool dates personally – just follow the instructions to de-stone, soak and puree x
Michelle Dawson
July 2, 2020 at 8:55 amThis cake is so, so , so good. I’ve made it as one cake and also made it as cup cakes. ALWAYS well received and really simple to make as well . . . Take the time to make the caramel sauce – sublime finishing touch!
Sharron
July 1, 2020 at 8:06 pmCurrently in the oven baking, it seemed a very loose batter and didn’t fill the tins as much as your other 8 inch sponges have I done something wrong?
Jane's Patisserie
July 1, 2020 at 8:22 pmSticky Toffee cake batter is naturally runnier, as the ingredients are very very different – you just need to let it bake xx
Soph
July 1, 2020 at 9:26 amWould this work with other dates than Medjool. I have a packet of Waitrose pitted dates and a block of Whitworths blocked stoned dates in my cupboard that I am looking to use. How much would I weigh out to account for the fact that they don’t have stones? Thank you.
Jane's Patisserie
July 1, 2020 at 1:55 pmI would still weigh out the same as the stones really don’t weigh too much! X
Mia
June 30, 2020 at 9:42 amI don’t have self raising flour, if I use plain how much and what raising agent shall I use?? X
Jane's Patisserie
June 30, 2020 at 7:13 pmYou typically use 2 level tsps baking powder per 150g of plain flour – whisk in before using! X
Isla
June 29, 2020 at 10:00 amWould this work with sultanas/raisins instead of dates as I can’t find any anywhere😂
Jane's Patisserie
June 29, 2020 at 7:32 pmUnfortunately they won’t work in the same way, sorry! x
Jess
June 28, 2020 at 10:07 amThis is such a delicious cake, made this yesterday for the first time for a friends birthday and topped with chopped Cadbury fudge and curly wurlys! The cake turned out fab and every loved it! Thanks Jane!
Kirsty
June 19, 2020 at 4:58 pmHi! Excited to make this for my dad for Father’s Day! Do you think it would work ok if I put all the mixture into a larger 28cm cake tin and then cut in half!? Or cook 1 at a time and them be thinner?
Jane's Patisserie
June 19, 2020 at 7:27 pmA 28cm is about double in volume, so I would simply bake it all in one go – the baking time is going to be quite a bit longer though! x
Faz
June 18, 2020 at 5:47 pmHello, I was wondering if I could double the quantity and bake in a 9 x 13 traybake for a BBQ party on the weekend? Thanks so much
Jane's Patisserie
June 18, 2020 at 7:37 pmHey! I would imagine this is probably enough for that already – maybe 1/4 more mix? But not double! x
Sian
September 20, 2020 at 2:16 pmI’ve just done pretty much that bit used 1.5 times the mixture. It’s still in the oven, but looking good 😋
Hollie
June 18, 2020 at 1:14 pmHi Jane
Is there any way I could do flax eggs instead as my little one is allergic to eggs x
Jane's Patisserie
June 18, 2020 at 7:18 pmHey! That should be okay for this! x
Harpreet
June 17, 2020 at 8:20 pmI made this cake for a friends birthday today and she loved it!! Go easy on the black treacle in the toffee sauce (I went a bit overboard) and it does make the sauce bit bitter. So I made it correctly second time lol. Thanks so much again Jane! I wish I could send you a pic!!
Geri Hawkins
June 9, 2020 at 2:30 pmAmazing cake, infact my husband and kids have dubbed it ‘The Best Cake Of All Time, EVER!’. BUT, I’ve made it three times now and every time it’s sunk slightly in the middle? Any idea why? I follow the recipe exactly. X
Jane's Patisserie
June 10, 2020 at 9:07 amHey! Ahh amazing haha! And cakes sinking usually means the oven is opened too early, or not baked for long enough! Baking times can vary due to ovens varying so much! x
Neemo
June 8, 2020 at 12:14 amCan i halve the recipe to make one 8inch sandwich tin size?
Jane's Patisserie
June 8, 2020 at 12:43 pmThe sponge is a potentially deeper than a sandwich size, but you can half for one sponge.
Ali
June 6, 2020 at 8:23 pmThis looks amazing! Would it work divided into cupcakes?
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 8:28 pmThanks! And yes, half the recipe makes about 12 cupcakes!
Ali
June 7, 2020 at 1:16 amThanks Jane, will give it a try! Would the oven temperature and time be the same?
Jane's Patisserie
June 7, 2020 at 8:34 amSame temperature, timings about 20-22 minutes!
lyanne
June 6, 2020 at 6:23 pmI’m not a big fan of dates so is the taste of dates strong? As I know you said you have to use them.
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 8:24 pmNo it’s not – it honestly just tastes like sticky toffee pudding!
Poppy
June 6, 2020 at 5:07 pmHi Jane, what piping tip did you use for piping your buttercream?
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 8:25 pm2d closed star! x
Jane
June 6, 2020 at 3:50 pmHi Jane, I’ve got ready chopped dates to use up. How much would you reduce the quantity by to account for the stones? Do you think using 200g would be about right?
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 4:07 pmThe stones don’t typically weigh that much for me, so probably about 225-240g! x
Amal Awajan
June 6, 2020 at 12:23 pmJust got the bits needed to make this and have gone for a different type of date as no Medjool. But they have no stones in them. What weight of dates sha’ll I use? Or shall I just go for 250g? Stickier sounds good to me!
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 12:26 pmYes, they should still be fine – just follow the same process! (The stones don’t weigh that much, probably only about 10g or so so the full weight should be fine!)
Sarah Morris
June 6, 2020 at 11:15 amHi Jane, I am struggling to get my hands on dark brown sugar, do you have an alternative?
Thanks 🙂
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 11:56 amThe next best is light brown sugar, but the flavour will be lighter and not as toffee – and caster sugar would also work, but that’s even lighter haha!
Wendy Stribling
June 6, 2020 at 12:39 pmHi Sarah, not a brilliant substitute but warm the equivalent caster sugar and stir through a couple of tablespoons of black treacle, keep mixing till you have an even colour. It does work.
Gloria
June 6, 2020 at 9:38 amI tried this and it came out exactly as your pics… Delicious
Abby Maguire
June 6, 2020 at 9:06 amCan this be turned into a 3 layer by adding another half of all ingredients? Or would you recommend another way?
Jane's Patisserie
June 6, 2020 at 11:58 amYes definitely – that would work well! It’s just a very large cake! x