Category: Cakes

  • Moist Date Cake

    Moist Date Cake

    A wonderful moist date cake. This is a firm favourite and I often am asked for this recipe. I soak the dates in coffee to dd that extra moistness and interesting taste.

    Moist Date Cake

    A wonderful moist date cake. The addition of coffee adds an interesting taste.
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    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 50 minutes
    Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Persian
    Servings 20
    Calories 152 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 500 g dates
    • 1 cup hot black coffee
    • 1/2 tsp Bi-carbonate soda
    • 185 g butter
    • 2/3 cup sugar
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 3/4 cups plain flour
    • 3 tsp baking powder

    Instructions
     

    • Soak the dates in the coffee overnight or for at least 6 hours.
    • Preheat the fan forced oven to 160 deg.
    • Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs.
    • Stir through the date mixture.
    • Sift the dry ingredients together and stir into the date mixture.
    • Bake in a preheated oven for about 50 minutes until cooked.
    • Turn out to cool on a wire cooling rack.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 152kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 111mgPotassium: 203mgFiber: 2gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 53IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg
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    Additional Tips

    For a variation, stir through 1 cup of chopped walnuts or almonds.

  • Almond Cake with Cardamom

    Almond Cake with Cardamom

    This Almond cake is very light as opposed to many other varieties of Almond cakes. The cardamom adds that distinctive Persian flavour.
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    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 1 hour
    Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Persian
    Servings 0
    Calories 2559 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 185 g butter
    • 3/4 cups brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 cups self-raising flour
    • 2 tsp ground cardamom
    • 1/2 cup golden syrup
    • 1/4 cup ground almonds
    • 1/2 cup milk

    Instructions
     

    • Grease and line a 22cm x 34cm cake pan and preheat the oven to 180c or 160c fan forced.
    • Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar to a cream.
    • Add eggs and continue beating.
    • Gently stir through the remaining ingredients until all ingredients are well combined.
    • Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
    • Bake for about 50 – 60 minutes.
    • Allow to cool in pan to 10 minutes before turning out.
    • Dust with sifted icing sugar before serving.

    Notes

    When measuring the golden syrup, use a spoon and measuring cup that has been rinsed with boiling hot water. This will stop the syrup from sticking quite as much.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 2559kcalCarbohydrates: 502gProtein: 58gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 362mgSodium: 417mgPotassium: 1068mgFiber: 10gSugar: 312gVitamin A: 983IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 661mgIron: 7mg
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