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Dates Cake recipe, how to make simple dates cake. Jammed with dates, this cake will be a delight to bake. This recipes calls for boiling the dates before mixing in. And small chunks of cut dates gives that crunchy flavor that will leave you asking for more.
This is a must try recipe which will never fail you and will amaze your family and friends. With soft moist texture, and dense dates flavor, the warm cake will get wiped off in a jiffy. You can even add in nuts of your choice for extra crunchiness. If you are an avid fan of more dried fruits, you can even add some more dried fruits like apricot or figs. And, oh yeah! You can even add some chocolate chips too. But I have kept that cake for later and now was in a mood to make pure dates cake recipe.
I had made it today evening, and I am sitting here drafting the dates cake recipe, with tummy full of it. It was wiped off the plate right after shooting. It wasn’t even allowed to cool down properly and was relished pretty warm with a glass of milk. Serve it whenever you like. Serve at breakfast or pack some for kids’ tiffin box or simply serve it up at tea time. The nutrient loaded dates will not only make your family relish this dates cake recipe but will get a lot of health benefits too.
I have a basic cake base recipe and to that I love experimenting with different flavors and ingredients to it and love when it turns out well. This recipe was made with the basic vanilla cake recipe and I just added the dates paste to it.
Let’s get started with the Dates Cake recipe, how to make simple dates cake
Dates Cake recipe, how to make simple date cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates (I used 18 - 19 dates)
- 6 dates roughly chopped
- 1 cup water
- 6 tbsp butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1.5 cup all purpose flour / maida
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Instructions
- Boil 1 cup dates with 1 cup water till the dates are soft and pulpy about 2 - 3 minutes. Blend into a smooth paste. Set aside to cool down completely.
- Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat till creamy.
- Add in the dates paste and mix well.
- Sift together baking powder, baking soda with all purpose flour.
- Add this flour to the dates batter little by little. Gently fold in with a spatula.
- Mix in the vanilla essence and the chopped dates. Transfer this batter to a greased cake pan
- Bake in a preheated oven of 180 C for about 40 to 50 minutes till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Serve warm over tea or with a glass of milk.
Until next time,
Fareeha.
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Ilona's Passion says
I need to make date cakes. It sounds so delicious!
Fa's Kitchen says
I hope you will love it as much as we do..
Noor says
will it affect the texture of the cake if i were to reduce the sugar by half?
Fa's Kitchen says
I am afraid it would. I have always tried with 1 cup sugar, in sha ALLAH, let me try with less quantity next time and shall update the resuls.
Marie says
I use only 1/2 a cup of brown sugar and the cakes turns out beautifully. Sweet enough with the date paste. I love this recipe. One of my family’s favourites
rookaya says
What I love about your Reciepes is simple Ingredients and not long hectic. Procedures. Just want to say thank you. 🙂
Fa's Kitchen says
Thank you so much Rookaya. Those words mean a lot. I hope you keep enjoying the recipes and won’t be disappointed <3
rookaya says
Salaam recieps are lovely thank you
Fa's Kitchen says
Walaikum assalam wa rah. Thank you so much Rookaya
deeps says
Plz try to post resipes waith picture it would us a lot .. All recipes are good thankuu
Fa's Kitchen says
Thanks for your feedback Deeps. I have trying to make videos for easy reference. Hopefully someday I will be able to update all the recipes with videos.
Cynthia says
Hello Fareeha!
I hope you are still monitoring this blog. I have a question. But first, your date cake recipe looks delicious and just what I was looking for!! I want to make some date cake muffins for suhoor and date mini loaf cakes, perhaps for Iftar, for my next door neighbor family who are muslim for Ramadan, which just started May 17, 2018.
Can these be baked in muffin pans and mini loaf pans with a shorter cook time?
So you think adding some dried cranberries and crushed walnuts to muffins and a halal chocolate ganache icing to the loaf cakes would be appropriate? Finally, On my little more card to them, should I add in the fact that this was made with ALL halal ingredients?
(Ex: butter is from Trader Joe’s and is pasteurized sweet cream only-no additives. Vanilla has no alcohol) It was fascinating reading about halal friendly ingredients!
Thank you again Fareeha!
Cynthia
Fa's Kitchen says
I am sorry for the delay in replying as sometimes life gets the better of us. Trust me it’s your comment on my email which made me get back onto the blog. So thank you so much for it. <3
That's really sweet of you to be so considerate for your neighbor and I wish I lived next door to you 😉
Yes, you can always make them into muffins or loaf cakes. Adding walnuts and dried cranberries would add awesome flavor to it, but I am not so confident with the chocolate ganache. It has a very datey(!) taste and chocolate would really not sit right with it.
And of course, I bet your neighbors would be delighted to see the All-halal card along with it! That's really generous of you.
I hope your neighbors enjoy the cake with all the love that has been put in it from you.
<3
Soumya says
Very good
Fareeha says
Thank you.
Indhu says
Can we substitute water with milk . Ur recipe looks good
Fareeha says
You might not get the same taste if it is substituted with water
Alfred says
I have made this recipe as a cake and cupcakes many times..it has never failed. It is easy with simple ingredients and I have cut the sugar in half and the last time I made I only used 1/4c. The dates I use are extremely sweet so be sure to know your dates before subtracting sugar. To compensate for the sugar, I add yogurt, kefir, any cream, any milk or more water. This recipe is the best out of many that I have tried in the past and have added nuts to it as well at times.
Aluva says
I made this cake yesterday and omg it’s soo delicious! Probably the best cake I’ve ever made. And so much better the second day. I put walnuts and oh myy!
Thanks for the recipe. I added it already into my cook book. Everyone loved it.
Sofia says
This is such a fabulous post. So informative and detailed .Very helpful! Cheers!
Neth says
Recipe was amazing! I tried it and it came out really well
Thank youuu!!
Ashok says
Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe.my family loved it.will be sharing this recipe with my friends.they will like it.
Chris says
My first attempt at date cake. Turned out very well, light & fluffy. I made it as an ‘ all in one’ just adding chopped dates and vanilla essence with spatula. Husband loves it, I don’t think it will last long. Thank you for the recipe.
exploreforefood says
I made this recipe yesterday and the result is Devine. However, I did cut the amount of sugar simply because I am trying to use less sugar on all of my dessert 1/2 cup instead of a cup I also added pecans for additional crunch. The taste is still really good my hubby loves it apparently it is better than my carrot cake 🙂 with less sugar though changes the texture of the cake for sure for sure. I will 100% recommend this recipe.
Fareeha says
Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback. I am so glad you and your hubby like this recipe. Happy snacking!
Sana says
Hi i just made this today. I used orange jam instead of the date mixture. Its divine!!!!
Salina Cornwell says
After boiling the dates, do you strain water before blending dates?
Patricia says
Never made anything with dates before but when I was given some Red Chinese dates and was asked if I can make anything with it, I said sure. Found your receipt and made it. WOW it was so good and I love this recipe. Might see what other fruit I can use instead of dates
Fareeha says
Aww yay!! I love this so much! I’m so glad you gave it a try — honestly, dates are kinda underrated haha. But yes!! You could totally swap in other dried fruits too… maybe dried figs, apricots, or even cranberries?? Let me know if you experiment, I’d love to hear how it turns out!