Sticky Stuff

When you need an impressive last-minute dessert, drop by Surfas, the gourmet foods supplier in Culver City. In the freezer department you’ll find sticky toffee pudding from English Pudding Co. of Los Angeles. It may look like a cake topped with toffee sauce rather than a pudding, but when you heat it, it softens and the result really is pudding-like. You’ll also find a light version of tiramisu from Taste It Presents of Kenilworth, N.J.: ladyfingers soaked in espresso, combined with mascarpone cream filling and dusted with cocoa.

Sticky toffee pudding, 19 ounces (six servings), $7.69; tiramisu, 12 ounces (four servings), $6.85; at Surfas Restaurant Supply & Gourmet Food, 8825 National Blvd., Culver City. (310) 559-4770.