Squidgy Date Cake

Name: Squidgy Date Cake
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 4 tbsp butter; 225 ml very hot water; 1 tsp baking powder; 1½ cup dark brown sugar; 150 g (¾ cup) sugar; 1 tsp baking soda; ginger/vanilla ice cream for serving; 1 large egg + ½ large egg yolk; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 135 g flour; a little butter; 1 cup cream; 230 g pitted dates; 1½ tbsp whiskey

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Set a Table

By Karen Dudley

Published 2018

About

This cake keeps well and is a versatile tea and pudding cake. It is wonderful with ice cream and maybe some slices of glazed ginger or with grilled or poached fruit and cream.

Ingredients

a little butter
230 g pitted dates
1 tsp baking soda<

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C and butter a deep-sided round cake tin (25 cm diameter, 8 cm dee