Dates & Carrot Cake

Hiroko Liston
Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
Melbourne, Australia

My husband bough a pack of Dried Dates by mistake as he believed they were Prunes. Dates and Prunes are very different, though he didn’t know the difference. Anyway, I needed to use those Dried Dates. I chopped them up and added to Butter Cake. The brilliant idea of mine was adding Carrot as well. The result was a very yummy and moist cake. I could have added Nuts as well.

Dates & Carrot Cake

My husband bough a pack of Dried Dates by mistake as he believed they were Prunes. Dates and Prunes are very different, though he didn’t know the difference. Anyway, I needed to use those Dried Dates. I chopped them up and added to Butter Cake. The brilliant idea of mine was adding Carrot as well. The result was a very yummy and moist cake. I could have added Nuts as well.

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Ingredients

1 hour
20cm Round Springform Cake Tin
  1. 125 gButter *softened
  2. 1/2 cupBrown Sugar
  3. 1/4 cupCaster Sugar
  4. 1/4 teaspoonSalt
  5. 2large Eggs *room temperature
  6. 1/2 teaspoonVanilla Extract
  7. 150 mlMilk *room temperature OR slightly warmed
  8. 1& 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour
  9. 1/2 teaspoonBi-carb Soda
  10. 1 teaspoonGround Cinnamon
  11. 1large Carrot *coarsely grated
  12. 1cupful chopped Dried Dates

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Line the base and sides of a round springform cake tin with baking paper. Preheat oven to 170℃.

  2. 2

    Prepare Carrot and Dried Dates. Coarsely grate Carrot. Remove seeds from Dried Dates and coarsely chop them up.

  3. 3

    Use a whisk to beat softened Butter and Sugars in a bowl until smooth. Add Eggs, one at a time, and beat well until creamy. Add all other ingredients and mix with a spatula or large metal spoon until combined well.

  4. 4

    Spoon into the prepared cake tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until cooked through. *Note: If the cake turns too dark, cover with a sheet of Foil.

  5. 5

    Stand the cake in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Carefully peel away baking paper, and leave to cool.

  6. 6

    *Note: The photo below is the same cake baked in a standard size loaf tin. It took about 50 minutes to bake.

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