BEST & EASY! Moist Date Cake
Moist Date Cake loaded with sweet dates! If you love dates, this Dates Cake recipe is for you.
Servings: 1 cake (20 cm)
Equipment
- 20 cm Square Pan or Round Pan
Ingredients
For the Dates Paste
- 250 g pitted dates
- 200 ml water
- 1/4 baking soda
Mix-ins
- 150 g pitted dates chopped
- 50 g coarsely ground nuts see the note
- 50 g raisins
For the Cake
- 150 g cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 125 g unsalted butter
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
Instructions
Preparation
- First, slice dates (250 g) lengthwise and remove the seeds.
- Place pitted dates and water in a pot. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
- Grind them to a smooth paste along with the water in which it is boiled in.
- Chop the Dates (150 g) into small pieces. Adding small chunks of cut dates gives that crunchy flavor that will enhance the taste.
- Prepare the ground nuts and raisins too.
- Cut the butter into small pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Leave the bowl out on your counter for about an hour, or until it reaches room temperature.
- Lightly grease a 20 cm square pan (round pan) with butter and line the base with parchment paper.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking powder, ground spices and salt.
Make the Cake Batter
- Slightly beat the softened butter with a wooden spoon before beating it with your hand mixer.
- Next, beat the butter on medium-high speed until light and fluffy using a hand mixer for about 3 minutes.
- Add the sugar about 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat until light and fluffy. It will take about 5 minutes.
- For best results, scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula a few times as needed before the creaming process is complete.
- Whisk the eggs lightly in a small bowl.
- Add the slightly beaten eggs about 1 tablespoon at a time.
- And beat until well combined before adding the next one.
- Add in the dates paste. Beat until combined.
- Next, add the flour mixture and ground nuts. Gently fold in with a spatula until well combined. Mix in the chopped dates and raisins.
Bake
- Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and level the top. Bake for about 20 minutes at 180ºC and about 20 mins at 170ºC until the cake rises and is nicely browned and a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean. Adjust the baking time and temperature as needed.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and then gently turn it out onto a wire rack.
- Allow to cool completely before dusting with powdered sugar and cutting into slices. A slice of this dates cake goes well with a cup of tea or coffee. Serve & Enjoy!
Notes
I used a mix of almonds and cashew nuts.