Sticky Toffee Apple Puddings

It's going to be a sparkly season! Celebrate a birthday or festive occassion with sticky toffee apple puddings and wow your guests.

Equipment:
6 non stick mini pudding moulds

Vortex Air Fryer

Ingredients:

70g dates
60ml milk
1 tbsp vinegar
60g vegan butter
130g brown sugar
10g treacle
30g aquafaba or 30ml egg replacer, mixed with water
125g Gluten free flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp tsp baking powder
1 tbsp vinegar
Chopped roasted pecans for serving (optional- omit for nut allergies)
 
Toffee Apple Caramel Sauce:
90g vegan butter
1 large apple, peeled and diced
180g dark brown sugar
125ml coconut cream

Method:

Remove the pits from the dates then finely chop. Heat the vegan milk, then add over the dates, along with the vinegar, and set to one side for the dates to soften.
 
In a mixing bowl, add the vegan butter, sugar, treacle and cream until light and fluffy. Beat in the aquafaba/egg replacer for 1 minute, then stir in the softened milky dates. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder over the wet ingredients, then fold all the ingredients together until well combined. Divide the pudding mix between 6 greased non-stick pudding pots.

Select Bake on your air fryer and set the temperature to 160°C, time to 18 minutes and press Start. When prompted to add food, place the 6 pudding pots into the air fryer to bake.

While the puddings cook, make the caramel apple sauce. Heat the butter in a pan on a low heat, and add the diced apples and sauté until just starting to soften. Add the brown sugar and coconut cream and continue cooking until the sugar has dissolved and the sauce thickened.

Once the puddings have finished cooking, prick them all over with a tooth pick, then spoon some of your caramel sauce (reserving the apple pieces for the top) over the puddings. Once the sauce has absorbed, and before the puddings cool, turn them out onto a serving plate.

Once ready to serve, drizzle more caramel sauce over the top, along with some sticky toffee apple pieces and sprinkle with nuts if desired.