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Date Cake

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Date Cake

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Category

Cake Recipes

Time

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Serving

12 persons

Calories

366

Rating

4.00★ (53)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
This date cake is a simple coffee cake with a wonderful flavor and unique broiled topping.

Ingredients

  • ½ cups water: 1 piece
  • ½ cups raisins: 1 piece
  • dates, pitted and: 0.75 cup (chopped)
  • baking soda: 1 tsp
  • white sugar: 0.75 cup
  • butter: 0.5 cup
  • eggs: 2 piece
  • vanilla extract: 1 tsp
  • ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
  • salt: 0.25 tsp
  • butter: 4 Tbsp
  • brown sugar: 0.5 cup
  • walnuts: 0.5 cup (chopped)
  • heavy cream: 2 Tbsp

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
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  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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  4. 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.
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  5. 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.
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  6. 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.
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