Dates Cake Recipe | Dates and Walnut Cake

Dates Cake Recipe | Dates and Walnut Cake | How to Make Dates And Walnut Cake At Home with step by step instructions and video

Dates Cake Recipe | Dates and Walnut Cake | How to Make Dates And Walnut Cake At Home with video and step-by-step photos is a moist rich cake for celebrations and cozy winter days.

This Dates Cake Recipe | Dates and Walnut Cake is suitable for the winter chill. It is also perfect for the Thanksgiving or Christmas Celebration. The moist Dates and Walnuts Cake bursts with goodness of walnuts and dates. This is an old fashioned recipe with eggs and has been tried and tested many times. Some traditional recipes are best when left alone and this is one of them. Now let’s dig right in…

You can check out some eggless cakes such as 

Eggless Orange Cake

Eggless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• dates pitted and chopped- do not use soft dates. if very hard they soaking time in hot milk/water will have to be increased.
• slightly crushed walnuts
• refined flour (maida)
• unrefined cane sugar or  brown sugar or refined sugar
• butter at room temperature- If using salted butter, then omit the extra pinch.
• large eggs (room temperature)
• honey
• baking powder – check it expiry date. Use level teaspoon not heaped.
• cinnamon powder –
• nutmeg powder
• vanilla essence – you can substitute vanilla extract
• hot milk – Substitute with hot water for vegan version
• Salt a pinch

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Dates Cake Recipe | Dates and Walnuts Cake

Dates and Walnuts Cake  is a moist and rich with the goodness of walnuts and dates. This is an old fashioned recipe with eggs. Dates and Walnut Cake is suitable for the winter chill, or festive occasions such as Thanksgiving or Christmas Celebrations.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Soaking time for dates 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Course Baking Recipes

Cuisine American, European

Ingredients

  

Ingredients:

• 150 gm dates pitted and chopped
• 100 gm slightly crushed walnuts
• 100 gm refined flour (maida)
• 100 gm unrefined cane sugar or brown sugar or refined sugar
• 100 gm butter at room temperature
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 2 tsp honey
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp cinnamon powder
• ½ tsp nutmeg powder
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 100 ml hot milk
• a pinch Salt

Instructions

 

• Organise the ingredients
• Place the dates in a bowl and add hot milk. Cover and keep aside for half an hour.
• Line a 6” baking tin with parchment paper.
• Preheat oven to 180° C
• In a mixing bowl, beat butter till smooth.
• Add sugar to butter and beat till light and creamy.
• Add the eggs one at a time and beat to a smooth mixture.
• To this add sifted flour, baking powder and salt.
• Also add cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, honey and vanilla essence.
• Gently combine everything. Do not overmix.
• Now  fold in the dates and walnuts in the cake batter
• Transfer the cake batter into the greased tin. Smoothen out the top and sprinkle some crushed walnuts.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes then lower temperature to 160°C and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Check if cake is done by inserting a toothpick in the center, if it comes out clean, then the cake is baked.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Cut and enjoy.

Notes

1. Soaking time for dates depends on the quality of dates.
2. Hot water can be used for soaking dates instead of hot milk.
3. All baking ingredients must be at room temperature.
4. Add eggs one at a time .
5. Do not overmix the batter.

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