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Ingredients
| dates - deglet noor (chopped): 1 cup (pitted and chopped) |
| baking soda: 1 tsp |
| water: 1 cup (boiling) |
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 1/2 cups |
| walnuts (chopped): 1 cup |
| eggs: 1 |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| salt: 1 dash |
| salted butter: 1 Tbl |
| buttermilk: 1 cup |
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| salt: 1 dash |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 4 Tbl |
| walnuts (chopped): 1 cup |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
Date Cake
Credit: AllRecipes
User rating:
"This cake becomes more moist each day that it is covered. This recipe was my Grandmother's and we always had this cake at Christmas. I know the recipe is at least 60 years old."
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
11 serving(s)
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Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C). Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans. Set aside. Put dates in a bowl with soda and pour boiling water on top. Set a side.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar, 2 1/2 cups flour and 1 cup chopped walnuts. Add egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, pinch of salt and tablespoon butter. Mix to combine. Finally, stir in chopped dates with liquid. Mix well. Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cake will pull away from sides of pans and be golden brown.
- In a medium saucepan, combine buttermilk, 1 cup sugar, pinch of salt and 4 tablespoons flour. Cook on medium heat until thickened. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and remaining cup of walnuts.
- Spread mixture between layers and on top of cake. Let filling run down the sides of cake.