Dates and nuts cake (Eggless)

Name: Dates and nuts cake (Eggless)
Yield: 10-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 11/2 cups All purpose flour (APF); 11/2 milk cups whole at room temperature; 1 cup dates (deseeded); 1/4 cup walnuts chopped; 2 tbsps almond cashew-nut and powder; raisins 1/4 cup; 1 tsp vanilla bean powder; 5 tbsps butter at room temperature or oil; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 2 tsps baking powder; 1/2 tsp nutmeg cinnamon powder or powder (optional)

Abha Jain @cook_7809253

Bangalore

While putting the cake ingredients together, I was tempted to use whole wheat flour to make it a 100% healthy snack. But this time made an exception. This is a great travel food rich in iron, protein, vitamins and minerals.

Abha Jain @cook_7809253

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Ingredients

10-serving

11/2 cupsAll purpose flour (APF)
11/2milk cups whole at room temperature
1 cupdates (deseeded)
1/4 cupwalnuts chopped
2 tbspsalmond cashew-nut and powder
raisins 1/4 cup
1 tspvanilla bean powder
5 tbspsbutter at room temperature or oil
1/2 cupbrown sugar
2 tspsbaking powder
1/2 tspnutmeg cinnamon powder or powder (optional)

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Steps

1

Soak dates in milk for 15-20 mins and grind into paste
2

In a bowl, add butter, dates-milk mix, nuts powder, vanilla powder, sugar and whisk it
3

Sieve APF and baking powder and add it into wet ingredients slowly whisking with a hand blender
4

Fold the batter with walnuts and raisins
5

In a 350F or 180 C preheated oven, pour the batter into 9" round cake tin or loaf pan and bake it for 20 mins at 180 C and then 150C for another 10-15 mins till the cake tester comes out clean.
6

Cake tip: Always keep the cake pan/tin in the middle of the oven to avoid the cake from sinking in the middle.