Mississippi Mud Pie vs Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce

Both desserts lean on butter, eggs, vanilla and cream, but they put them to very different work. Mississippi Mud Pie is a chilled, layered affair: a crushed-cookie crust bound with melted butter, a cocoa filling deepened with a touch of coffee and baked until just set, then a cool crown of whipped cream. Sticky Toffee Pudding is served warm, its date-studded sponge built on butter creamed with brown sugar, while its cream is simmered with more butter and brown sugar into a hot toffee sauce poured over the top.