Date and walnut cake

Date and walnut cake

Ingredients

• Dates 225 gm
• Soda by carb ½ tsp
• Baking powder ¼ tsp
• Flour 3 ½ ounce
• Butter 4 ½ ounce
• Sugar 4 ½ ounce
• Walnuts ½ cup coarsely chopped
• Eggs 2
• Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Method

• Chop and deseed dates, soak in 5 tbsp water, add ½ tsp soda to it, keep aside for 1 hour, sieve flour and baking powder, beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy, add eggs 1 at a time, beat well, fold in flour, little by little, add vanilla essence, fold the chopped walnuts and the date mixture, grease a loaf pan very well, spread the mixture in it, bake in a preheated oven on 180 degree C for 35 to 40 minutes, serve with thin custard.