Wednesday 16 October 2013

Dates Almond Cake

Ingredients : 

Dates, 18 nos.
Eggs - 2 nos
Sugar, 1/2 cup
Honey, 1/4 cup
All purpose flour, 1 cup
Butter 1/2 cup
Baking soda, 1 teaspoon
Sodium Bicarbonate - 1/4 teaspoon
Almonds / walnuts (chopped), 2 Tbs
Cherries - optional

Method :

Pre-heat the oven to 350 F and prepare the cake pan by greasing and flouring it. Set them aside.
Soak dates and Sodium Bicarbonate in Hot water and microwave for a minute and smash lightly.
Blend sugar and honey. Mix melted butter with this mixture till light and fluffy.
Add eggs gradually and beat them,till light.
Sieve together flour and baking soda.
Mix this flour mixture to the honey mixture, adding flour little by little till they are incorporated well into a homogeneous mixture.
Add this mixture to the prepared pan, mix in chopped almonds / walnuts / cherries and bake them for 30-35 minutes till its done and the knife inserted comes out clean.
Let the cake cool down then slice them and serve.


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