Desserts
ChefLoubna Fawaz
Easy Date Cake
Date cake is one of the easiest and most beneficial cakes thanks to the many benefits of dates. Let's try it and serve it as today's afternoon treat — everyone will love its taste and lovely aroma.
Date cake is one of the easiest and most beneficial cakes thanks to the many benefits of dates. Let's try it and serve it as today's afternoon treat
Ingredients
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- 500 grams pitted dates
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 cup boiling water
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon anise + ground cardamom, mixed together
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Method
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- Add the baking soda to the dates, then pour the cup of boiling water over them and set aside for 10 minutes.Timers: 10 min
- Whisk the eggs with the vanilla and sugar until you get a creamy white mixture and the sugar dissolves completely.
- Gradually add the oil, continue whisking, then add the milk and whisk again.
- Mix the dry ingredients: flour, anise, cardamom, and baking powder.
- Add the dry ingredients to the creamy egg mixture and mix well using a folding motion from top to bottom.
- Mash the dates with a fork after 10 minutes of soaking in the boiling water and baking soda. Once softened, add them to the cake batter and mix.Timers: 10 min
- Grease a large cake pan with butter and pour in the date cake batter.
- Place it in a preheated oven on the middle rack and bake at a low temperature (about 160°C) until the cake is done.
- Serve the date cake at room temperature.
- For more beneficial cakes from Manal, here is Sesame Cake
- Also from Manal, here is Chocolate Cake
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- Sesame Cake
- Chocolate Cake
