Dates walnut coffee cake

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 cup Dates, seedless

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tbsp Cacao nibs or small chocolate chips - if adding choco chips
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 3/4 cup Sugar or organic unrefined cane sugar or organic demerara sugar, regular
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla bean
  • 1 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/2 cup Sunflower oil or any good vegetable oil, organic

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1/2 cup Walnuts

• Drinks

  • 2 tsp Instant coffee

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Milk, regular

• Liquids

  • 1 cup Water

Found on vegrecipesofindia.com

Description

Directions

• chop the dates and walnuts and keep aside.
• line or grease a cake pan.
• then heat the milk and switch off the flame.
• add the coffee powder and stir.
• add the dates. stir and allow the dates to be in the milk for some 15-20 minutes or more.
• begin the process of sieving both the whole wheat flours and all purpose flour with salt, baking soda and baking powder.
• now you can preheat the oven to 200 degrees C/392 F.
• take the seived flour mixture in a large bowl.
• add the sugar & vanilla powder and mix.
• add the soaked dates along with the milk, 1 cup water, walnuts and oil.
• mix with an electric beater at medium to high speed till the whole batter is uniform and mixed evenly. dont overdo the mixing.
• fold in the cacao nibs or chocolate chips.
• pour the cake batter into the prepared cake pan.
• with the help of a rubber spatula remove the batter from the sides of the bowl and add it to the cake pan.
• shake the cake pan from the sides.
• place in the pre heated oven.
• bake for 45 mins to 1 hour or until the a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
• serve the dates walnut coffee cake warm with some tea or coffee.
• the remaining cake can be kept in an air-tight box and refrigerated.