Spiced apple sticky toffee puddings - Master recipes

Ingredients

• 100g butter, plus extra for the tins -
• 250g pitted dates, chopped -
• 4 tbsp treacle -
• 1 tsp vanilla extract -
• 250g light brown soft sugar -
• 300ml double cream -
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten -
• 200g self-raising flour -
• 1 heaped tsp ground cinnamon -
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda -
• 3 Cox apples, peeled, cored and cut into 3cm chunks -
• cream or vanilla ice cream, to serve -