Atta jaggery depression cake with dates

Name: Atta jaggery depression cake with dates
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups brown or Atta flour; 1/2 cup jaggery (dark) cut or grated into small pieces; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp white vinegar; 1 tsp vanilla essence (optional); 5 tbsp canola oil; 1 cup water; 5 dates (chopped)

Pauline M @MamaIan

I was inspired by my desire for a healthy alternative to brown bread for breakfast. In addition I wanted an easier, cheaper and faster way of making a cake everyday in my busy schedule
This cake is also known as mixed-up, 3 hole, crazy or wacky cake made during the great depression when there were no eggs or milk.

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 people

1 1/2 cupsbrown or Atta flour
1/2 cupjaggery (dark) cut or grated into small pieces
1 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
1 tspwhite vinegar
1 tspvanilla essence (optional)
5 tbspcanola oil
1 cupwater
5dates (chopped)

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Disolve the chopped jaggery in the 1 cup water. (You can bring to boil and let cool down completely). Then sift the water to remove grit
2

Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
(Flour, salt, baking soda)
(No need to sift)
3

Make 3 holes (depression s) in the dry ingredients and add oil, vanilla and vinegar each in its own hole.
4

Mix with a spatula as you add the cold jaggery water.
Do not over mix.
5

Add the 5 chopped dates (can be added directly or first mixed separately in 2 tbsp of water)
6

Pour the batter in a prepared 6 inches baking tin. (greased).
Bang the tin on table to get bubbles out.
7

Bake for 30 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean
(in a preheated oven)
8

I baked mine in an old pressure cooker filled with sand in the bottom and put on a jiko. (You can put on stove.)
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