The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating

Hosting a Friday supper for 6 and a mixture of carnivores and vegetarians I opted for two lasagnes with salad on the side. Very time consuming and faffy but at least the prep was done in advance so bish, bash, bosh - sorted!

On to pudding and with temperatures dropping outside, comfort food was required. I plumped for sticky toffee pudding but remembered that one friend did not like it made with dates. To the drawing board and googling a recipe I came upon good old Mary Berry with her dateless sticky toffee pudding. As is the norm with Mary's recipes, it came out perfectly and the accompanying sauce was equally good. She must like big portions as the recipe said 6-8 whereas ours made twelve! Having said that, I referred to the other Queen of Cooking, Nigella, and made salted caramel ice cream to serve with it.

Now the above saying was definitely relevant. It was delicious. If it had been bread and butter pudding made with home-made bread then the proof would have definitely been in the pudding.