Name: Eggless Dates Cake recipe by Reni Miller at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Dates (seedless) - 200 g; All-purpose flour - 300 g - 3 cups; Whole Milk - 375 ml - 1 1/2 cups; Sugar - 275 g - 1 1/3 cups; Oil - 150 ml or Butter - 50 g(melted and cooled); Baking soda - 1 tsp; Baking powder - 1 tsp; Nuts(mixed,chopped) - 4 -5 tbsp ( I used raisins,almonds,walnuts and cashew nuts); Whole Milk - 1/2 cup ( if needed)

Ingredients Serving: 10

Dates (seedless) - 200 g
All-purpose flour - 300 g - 3 cups
Whole Milk - 375 ml - 1 1/2 cups
Sugar - 275 g - 1 1/3 cups
Oil - 150 ml or Butter - 50 g(melted and cooled)
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Nuts(mixed,chopped) - 4 -5 tbsp ( I used raisins,almonds,walnuts and cashew nuts)
Whole Milk - 1/2 cup ( if needed)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 150 °C. -Sieve the Flour and the baking powder and baking soda.
In a small pan mix the dates and the milk and simmer it for 5 - 7 mins,until the dates are softened. Then grind the dates with little of the milk in which it was boiled, in a mixer to a fine paste.
Then add the remaining milk (the milk in which it was boiled)too and pulse for a second so that it's well mixed.I used lion dates,.Alternatively you can also soak the dates for 3 - 4 hours.If using soft dates you can directly grind it .
In a mixing bowl add the Dates and milk mixture,sugar and oil and whisk with a balloon whisk until well mixed.
Add the flour mixture and whisk again until well combined. -If you feel that the batter is very thick(This depends on the dates used) add from 1/4 to 1/2 cup of milk and whisk well.
Add the chopped nuts and mix well.The batter fills upto 3/4th in an 8" by 2" round pan.
Bake in a Preheated oven from 35 - 45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.Baking time might change from oven to oven and it's safer to check if the cake is done from the 30th minute.

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