Date Cake Recipe that’s Easy & Delicious

Ingredients

• 15-20 medium whole dates, chopped
• 2 1/2 cup cake flour or self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup honey
• 5 large eggs
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 2 tsp vanilla essence or 1 vanilla bean pod
• 1.25 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Mascarpone frosting

• 170ml of whipping cream
• 5 tablespoons of mascarpone cream
• 1/2 cup of sifted powdered/icing sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the dates in a bowl and pour very hot water over them them. Leave to soak.
2. In a mixing bowl, sift the cake flour/self-raising flour. Then add the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix to incorporate and set aside
3. In a separate bowl, whisk (about 5 mins) together the vegetable oil, brown sugar, honey, eggs, and vanilla essence/pod.
4. By the spoonful, add the mixture of dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir gently to fold and incorporate. Alternatively set the mixer on low speed and add incrementally.
5. Slowly add in the warm milk and mix until a smooth batter has formed
6. As the last step in fold in the chopped dates and walnuts (optional).
7. Pour the batter into a prepared 8 inch cake pan and bake for an hour or until a butter knife comes out clean.
8. Cool on a wire rack.

Mascarpone Frosting

1. Whip the cream until soft peaks form.
2. Next add in the mascarpone cheese and continue to mix 1-2mins
3. Add the sifted powdered sugar/icing sugar and mix for further 1-2mins

Happy Baking & Happy Eid