Sticky Toffee Banoffee Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, steep the teabags in the hot water for about 5-10 minutes.
• Let cool and take the teabags out, keeping the water.
• Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
• In a blender, blend the the medjool dates, cinnamon, nutmeg and teabag water to a smooth puree.
• For the cake, in a large bowl add the butter and both sugars, cream together using a wooden spoon until light and fluffy.
• Next, beat in the eggs one by one, using a metal spoon.
• Fold in the flour, followed by the puree.
• Pour into a thoroughly greased bundt cake tin and smooth out the top.
• Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
• Prepare the caramel sauce by melting the butter and two sugars together in a saucepan over a low-medium heat.
• Stir in the rum and double cream.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Pour into a jug and leave to cool.
• Once the cake is ready, flip onto a cooling rack.
• Using a pastry brush, gently brush some of the caramel sauce all over the bundt cake so that it is completely covered. This will help keep the cake nice and moist.
• Pour what's left of the caramel over the top of the cake.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Pour the rum and 200ml water into a saucepan (if you're not using the rum, add an extra 100ml water). Bring to the boil, add the bicarb and dates, then leave to cool, allowing the dates to soak up the boozy liquid.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Pour the dates and the liquid into a bowl and add the suet, flour, vanilla and sugar. Beat until completely mixed, then fold in the banana and spoon into a lined 900g loaf tin. Bake for 40-45 mins until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool.
• While the cake is cooling, put the cream, sugar, butter and a small pinch of salt in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and cook until you have a bubbling sauce. Slice the banoffee loaf, pour over some sauce and serve with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream, if you like.