Kate Middleton's favourite sweet treat is perfect for an alternative festive pudding, here's the royal recipe

Kate Middleton's favourite dessert has been revealed by a former royal chef and it would make the perfect alternative Christmas pudding.

While Christmas might still feel like long way off, families are already starting to work out their Christmas plans, from buying the best toy advent calendars for kids to booking their Christmas food delivery slots while avoiding the worst supermarkets for Xmas food deliveries.

And Christmas dinner wouldn't be complete without a dessert - but if you're looking for an alternative that will go down a treat with the whole family, then Kate Middleton's favourite dessert just might do the trick.

The Princess of Wales is said to be particularly fond of sticky toffee pudding with chocolate sauce, according to former royal Chef Darren McGrady.

"Although I have never actually cooked for the Duchess of Cambridge, I know that sticky toffee pudding was one of her favourites," he told Delish.

"I know Kate would love this." He went on to reveal a quick swap at Buckingham Palace made the dish creamier.

"The original sticky toffee pudding recipe had apricots in. And at Buckingham Palace we changed it to dates, and these make it much creamier and much richer in my opinion."

Darren told Delish, "This is how we prepared it at Buckingham Palace," he added that 'the Queen loved this at Sandringham when it was really cold outside, and when she was at Balmoral, and the rest of the royal family did too.'

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