Dates and nuts cake
We recently bought a microwave oven and I started using it. I baked a simple cake using dates and cashews. I always wanted to bake using whole wheat flour. But since its my first try, I used maida. Once I master baking, I ll share more healthy cake recipes using whole wheat flour and millet. Since it was my first try, I could not take step by step photos.
INGREDIENTS:
1. Dates- 15(seedless).
2. Milk- 1 cup.
3. All purpose flour/ Maida- 1 cup.
4. Sugar- 1/2 cup.
5. Baking soda- 1/2 tsp.
6. Cashews- 10.
7. Vanilla essence- 1tsp (Optional).
8. Oil/unsalted butter- 1/2 cup.
METHOD:
1. Soak dates in hot milk for 15-20mins. Sieve flour and baking powder and keep it aside. Preheat oven at 180 degree for 15mins. Grind the soaked dates, milk and sugar into a fine paste.
2. Take the ground paste in a large bowl and add oil, vanilla essence(if using) to this. Mix everything well. Add flour little by little to this mixture and mix thoroughly. Add half of the finely chopped cashews and mix well. Grease a baking tray and pour the cake mixture in that tray. Garnish with the left over chopped cashews.
3. Keep the tray inside the preheated oven and bake at 160 degree for 30mins. Prick the center of the cake with a toothpick to check if its done. The toothpick should come out clean. If not, bake for another 5-10mins.
4. Allow the cake to cool and cut into pieces.
Enjoy the nutty cake with hot tea or coffee.
NOTES:
1. You can replace maida with whole wheat flour.
2. You can use walnuts and almonds also along with cashews.
3. Add more/less sugar according to your taste. You can even make it as a sugar-free cake since dates is a natural sweetener.
INGREDIENTS:
1. Dates- 15(seedless).
2. Milk- 1 cup.
3. All purpose flour/ Maida- 1 cup.
4. Sugar- 1/2 cup.
5. Baking soda- 1/2 tsp.
6. Cashews- 10.
7. Vanilla essence- 1tsp (Optional).
8. Oil/unsalted butter- 1/2 cup.
METHOD:
1. Soak dates in hot milk for 15-20mins. Sieve flour and baking powder and keep it aside. Preheat oven at 180 degree for 15mins. Grind the soaked dates, milk and sugar into a fine paste.
2. Take the ground paste in a large bowl and add oil, vanilla essence(if using) to this. Mix everything well. Add flour little by little to this mixture and mix thoroughly. Add half of the finely chopped cashews and mix well. Grease a baking tray and pour the cake mixture in that tray. Garnish with the left over chopped cashews.
3. Keep the tray inside the preheated oven and bake at 160 degree for 30mins. Prick the center of the cake with a toothpick to check if its done. The toothpick should come out clean. If not, bake for another 5-10mins.
4. Allow the cake to cool and cut into pieces.
Enjoy the nutty cake with hot tea or coffee.
NOTES:
1. You can replace maida with whole wheat flour.
2. You can use walnuts and almonds also along with cashews.
3. Add more/less sugar according to your taste. You can even make it as a sugar-free cake since dates is a natural sweetener.
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