Forgotten date cake

Name: Forgotten date cake
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 125 ml (½ cup) of vegetable oil; 1 tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 tablespoons of vanilla extract; 50 g (¼ cup) of brown sugar; 225 ml (7½ fl oz) of boiling water; 1 tablespoons of baking powder; 250 g (1. cups) of plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 tablespoons of ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon of salt; 50 ml (2½ tablespoons) of milk; 200 g (1 scant cup) sugar; 125 ml (½ cup) of thick (double) cream; 3 tablespoons of butter; 200 g (1⅓ cups) of soft dates (pitted); 2 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Sumac

By Anas Atassi

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

225 ml (7½ fl oz) of boiling water
200 g (1⅓

Asia
Syria
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).

In a heatproof bowl, pour the boiling water over the dates. The dates should be completely covered. Soak for 15 minutes.

In a food processor, blend the dates and the soaking water for 30 seconds, or until the dates are in tiny pieces.