Marks and Spencer Sticky Toffee Pudding
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The first thing you notice is the packaging. It’s a deep, dark brown, the colour of a very good lie you’re about to tell yourself. There’s a little window on the front, showing a perfect puck of sponge swimming in what looks like liquid amber. You know it’s not that perfect when you open it. You know it will be slightly lopsided and that the sauce might have migrated to one corner of the tray. But you don’t care. You’ve already committed to the dream. It’s the same feeling you get when you see a dating app profile with a golden retriever—you know it’s probably a filtered picture, but you still swipe right because hope tastes like toffee.
The Great Microwave Gambit
Now comes the delicate operation. This is where you become a microwave alchemist. You pull back the film, and a waft of sweet, buttery nostalgia hits you like a hug from a grandma you never had. The instructions say 35 seconds, but you know that’s a lie. Thirty-five seconds produces a lukewarm sponge and a sauce that’s still clinging to the cold floor of the tray like a stubborn barnacle. No, the real art is 45 seconds on full power, followed by a dramatic pause while you stare into the glowing microwave like it’s a crystal ball.
You pull it out. The tray is dangerously hot. You burn your thumb slightly, but you ignore it, because you are a warrior for sticky toffee. The sponge is now puffed up like a proud soufflé, and the sauce is bubbling angrily around the edges. It smells like a bakery exploded in a good way. You let it sit for a minute, because the instructions say so, but really it’s to avoid third-degree burns on the roof of your mouth.