Sticky date toffee cake
A scrumptious brown cake you won't be able to resist! The brown sugar works very well with the dates which makes this cake delightfully sweet, but not too heavy. Dates are a good source of dietary fibre and give you essential minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium and zinc.
Ingredients
- 250 g dried dates chopped
- 1 ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
- 125 g butter
- 100 g brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 250 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
For the sticky toffee topping
- 100 g brown sugar
- 40 g butter
- ½ cup cream
- a handful of walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Place chopped dates and bicarbonate soda in a bowl. Pour boiling water and leave for at least 20 minutes. Let cool.
- Line a 22cm round cake tin with baking paper. Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
- Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time
- Add softened dates and all the liquid, then flour and baking powder. Combine well.
- Pour cake mixture in the prepared tin and bake in the middle of oven for 40-45 minutes until an inserted skewer come out clean.
- Meanwhile, make the toffee topping. Heat butter, cream and sugar in a small sauce pan (or frying pan) over low heat. Keep stirring until the mixture thicken to soft caramel.
- Pour toffee over the cooled cake. Top with chopped nuts.
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