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Dates cake: An easy to make cake that taste delicious and with all the goodness of dates..who doesn't want that? A very good after-school snack for kids too..My little one(she is only 2.5yr) is not a good fan of cakes otherwise it comes with a lot of cream. But she really dive into this dates cake..she loves it.
Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:50 min
yields:1 loaf
Recipe source: here
Ingredients needed:
1.5 cup all purpose flour
6 tbsp butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dates,pitted
6-8 dates,pitted roughly chopped
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
Preparation:
Sieve or mix together the dry ingredients baking powder, baking soda and all purpose flour and set aside.
Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat till creamy.
Add in the dates paste and mix well.
Fold in the dry mixture to the above dates batter gently by a spatula little by little.
Mix in the vanilla essence and the chopped dates.
Transfer this batter to the prepared cake pan.
Bake in a preheated oven of 350F for about 40 to 50 minutes till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Serve warm.
Dates cake: An easy to make cake that taste delicious and with all the goodness of dates..who doesn't want that? A very good after-school snack for kids too..My little one(she is only 2.5yr) is not a good fan of cakes otherwise it comes with a lot of cream. But she really dive into this dates cake..she loves it.
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| Dates Cakes |
Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:50 min
yields:1 loaf
Recipe source: here
Ingredients needed:
1.5 cup all purpose flour
6 tbsp butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dates,pitted
6-8 dates,pitted roughly chopped
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour and set aside.
Boil 1 cup dates with 1 cup water till the dates are soft and pulpy about 2 - 3 minutes. Blend into a smooth paste. Set aside to cool down completely.Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour and set aside.
Sieve or mix together the dry ingredients baking powder, baking soda and all purpose flour and set aside.
Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat till creamy.
Add in the dates paste and mix well.
Fold in the dry mixture to the above dates batter gently by a spatula little by little.
Mix in the vanilla essence and the chopped dates.
Transfer this batter to the prepared cake pan.
Bake in a preheated oven of 350F for about 40 to 50 minutes till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Serve warm.
Notes:
This cake is slightly on a sweet side because of all that sweetness from dates.
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