Dates Cake
- August 09, 2023
- 12
Ingredients:
For cake:
- Dates, 2 cups
- Baking soda, 1 tsp
- Water, enough to dissolve the baking soda
- Hot tea
- 1/2 cup salted butter, at room temperature
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- Flour, 1 cup
- Baking Powder, 1 tsp
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Cashew nuts, 1/2 cup
- Ground cardamom. 1/4 tsp
- Deseed the dates and put them in a large bowl.
- Dissolve the baking soda in water and pour it along with hot tea, just enough to cover the dates.
- Let the dates soak in this for about 6 hours.
- Mash the partially dissolved dates until you've reached a paste-like consistency and set them aside.
- Next, mix the flour and baking powder in a medium-sized bowl, and set aside.
- Beat the butter using a stand-alone or handheld mixer on high speed for about a minute, until smooth.
- Add the sugar to the butter and cream together for about two minutes.
- In a separate bowl beat the eggs thoroughly then add them a little at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Beat the vanilla together with the creamed mixture, then add in the mashed dates and beat.
- Lastly, stir in the cashew nuts and ground cardamom.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Grease a round cake baking pan, and transfer all the batter into it spreading evenly.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes.
- Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake to make sure it comes out clean, before removing it from the oven and setting it out to cool.
