Walnut & Date Cake

Ingredients

• 500 gram all purpose flour - دقيق أبيض
• 1 teaspoon baking soda - بيكربونات الصودا
• 2 teaspoon baking powder - باكينج باودر
• 1 pinch salt - ملح
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder - قرفة
• 2 cup milk - لبن
• 200 gram dates (pitted & chopped) - بلح
• 2 cup sugar - سكر
• 200 gram walnut (chopped) - عين جمل / جوز
• 4 eggs - بيض
• 200 gram butter (at room tempreture) - زبدة
• 2 teaspoon vanilla - فانيليا

Step by step

1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees. Grease baking tin with oil and set aside.
2. In a medium pot, boil milk and chopped pitted date on medium heat with 1 tsp of vanilla and cinnamon. As soon as the milk boils, turn off the heat and add baking soda and stir. Set aside until it cools down.
3. In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and walnuts).
4. In a handheld mixer, whisk butter and sugar on medium speed for 2 minutes until it creamy in colour. Add the eggs one by one then 1 tsp of vanilla. Whisk until all incorporated.
5. On a slower pace, whisk in half of the dry ingredients to the butter mix followed by half of the date & milk mixture then the rest of the dry ingredients followed by the rest of the milk.
6. Turn the speed on high for a few seconds then turn off to make sure all is incorporated then add the cake mixture to the baking tin.
7. Put it in the oven and bake at 180 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until you can insert a cake tester in and it comes out clean.
8. Let it cool, preferably on a rack, before you cut into it.