Date and Walnut Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour + 1 teaspoon all purpose flour
  • ½ cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup dates (around 20) + 3-4 dates chopped
  • ¼ cup broken walnuts + 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup milk + 2 tablespoon
  • Pinch of salt
  • Cake pan (I used wilton oval pan 7 3/4 x 5 5/8)

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Method:

  1. Soak half cup dates in half cup warm milk and keep them aside for 2 hours.
  2. Add soaked dates with the milk in a grinder. Make a fine paste. Add oil and grind again everything.
  3. Preheat oven to 350℉.
  4. Mix dry ingredients (all purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar) in a bowl.
  5. Add dates-oil-milk mixture to the dry ingredients. Add 2 tablespoons of milk and ¼ cup broken walnuts to the mixture. Mix once again.
  6. Add 1 teaspoon all purpose flour in a small bowl and add chopped 3-4 dates and 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts. Make sure the nuts get well coated with the flour.
  7. Grease the pan with the baking spray. Pour the batter. Add coated nuts and give a stir.
  8. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  9. Remove from the oven. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Transfer it to wire rack to cool completely.

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Notes:

  1. The baking time is different for everybody depending upon the oven and baking pan size.

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