Name: Date Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Water - 1 ½ cups; Raisins - 1 ½ cups; Dates, pitted and chopped - ¾ cup; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; White sugar - ¾ cup; Butter - ½ cup; Eggs - 2 large; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Butter - 4 tablespoons; Brown sugar - ½ cup; Chopped walnuts - ½ cup; Heavy cream - 2 tablespoons

Recipe information

Cooking:

15 min.

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Ingredients for - Date Cake

1. Water - 1 ½ cups

2. Raisins - 1 ½ cups

3. Dates, pitted and chopped - ¾ cup

4. Baking soda - 1 teaspoon

5. White sugar - ¾ cup

6. Butter - ½ cup

7. Eggs - 2 large

8. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

9. All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

10. Salt - ¼ teaspoon

11. Butter - 4 tablespoons

12. Brown sugar - ½ cup

13. Chopped walnuts - ½ cup

14. Heavy cream - 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Date Cake

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.

2. Stage

Combine water and raisins in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, then stir in chopped dates and baking soda. Set aside.

3. Stage

Cream together white sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Add flour, salt, and date mixture; mix until combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Remove cake from the oven.

5. Stage

Set the oven to broil. Meanwhile, make the topping: Melt butter in a small saucepan; stir in brown sugar, walnuts, and cream until combined. Spread mixture over warm cake.

6. Stage

Place cake under preheated broiler and cook until top is lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Rotate cake as needed for even browning; watch carefully as the top can burn quickly under the broiler.