Date Cake

• 240 g chopped medjool dates
• 240 ml boiling water
• 1 tsp

Take off any seeds from the medjool dates, you are welcome to use any other good-quality dates but these are juicy, plump and just heavenly in flavour.

Chop the dates and soak them in the boiling water, alongside the orange blossom and rose water, for about 20 minutes.

In the meantime, beat the sugar and eggs until dissolved and then add the butter and beat together until it is