Name: Moist Date Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
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

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.

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Moist Date Cake

A wonderful moist date cake. The addition of coffee adds an interesting taste.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 50 mins

Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Persian

Servings

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

Keyword dates

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