Date Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Water | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Soda | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Pitted dates | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted | ||
| Baking powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Eggs | 2 | |
| Vanilla | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Date frosting | ||
Directions
Sugar until creamy.
Add eggs and process for 30 seconds.
Scrape sides of bowl with a spatula, then process for 1 minute or until light and creamy.
Add flour mixture and process with 3 on-off bursts.
Pour off cooled date water into batter and process with 2 on-off bursts.
Add vanilla and dates and process with 2 on-off bursts or just until dates are chopped.
Do not over process.
Pour into a greased 9-inch-square pan and bake in a 350° oven for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan, then cover with frosting.
Add eggs and process for 30 seconds.
Scrape sides of bowl with a spatula, then process for 1 minute or until light and creamy.
Add flour mixture and process with 3 on-off bursts.
Pour off cooled date water into batter and process with 2 on-off bursts.
Add vanilla and dates and process with 2 on-off bursts or just until dates are chopped.
Do not over process.
Pour into a greased 9-inch-square pan and bake in a 350° oven for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan, then cover with frosting.
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