Treacle, Date and Walnut Cake

Name: Treacle, Date and Walnut Cake
Yield: Makes 1 Cake
Ingredients: 65 g/2½ oz/generous ½ cup chopped walnuts; 1 egg; 3.5 ml/¾ tsp each ground cinnamon, ginger and grated nutmeg; 40 ml/2½ tbsp milk; 22 ml/1½ tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup light muscovado sugar; 30 ml/2 tbsp golden (light corn) syrup; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising (self-rising) flour; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups self-raising flour; grated rind and juice of ½ lemon; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup light muscovado (brown) sugar; 155 g/5½ oz/scant 1 cup pitted dates; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter; 100 g/3½ oz/scant ½ cup butter; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 170 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising flour; 5 ml/1 tsp each ground cinnamon, ginger and grated nutmeg; grated rind and juice of 1 lemon; 140 g/5 oz/scant 1 cup pitted dates; 115 g/4 oz/⅔ cup pitted dates; 22 ml/1½ tbsp treacle; 40 g/1½ oz/⅓ cup chopped walnuts; 45 ml/3 tbsp golden syrup; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp light muscovado sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp each ground cinnamon, ginger and grated nutmeg; 100 g/3½ oz/scant ½ cup light muscovado sugar; 3.5 ml/¾ tsp ground cinnamon; 60 ml/4 tbsp milk; 1 large egg; 15 ml/1 tbsp treacle (molasses)

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Layered with date purée and finished with a crunchy sugar and walnut topping, this cake is absolutely irresistible.

Ingredients

Small

115 g/4 oz/⅔ cup pitted dates
grated rind and juice of

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if it is detachable. Line the base of the pan with baking parchment. Place the dates, lemon rind and juice in a saucepan, add 60ml/4 tbsp water and bring to the boil. Simmer until soft. Purée in a blender or food processor until smooth.
Sift the flour and spices together. Cream the butter and sugar until p