Healthy date and walnut loaf
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 300 g Pitted dates about 35 medium grains
- ¾ cup brown or white sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 cup Flour
- 3 Eggs
- ½ cup Oil
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- some Vanilla essence
Toffee sauce:
- 90 g Toffee candy
- 3 tbsp Cream
- Pistachio, coconut and walnut powder (for decoration) optional
Instructions
- Grease the cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. You can also use tahini to grease this cake; For this recipe, you need an 8" x 4" loaf pan, or a bundt cake pan of 9" or 9.5" ( 23 or 25 cm).
- Preheat the oven to 180 C (electric ovens 160 C and toaster to 140 - 150 C)
- Prepare the dates: Cover the pitted dates with 1 cup of boiling water. Allow to soften for 10–20 minutes.
- After the mixture has cooled, merge it using a mixer or knead with your hands until the dates are completely soft. Then sift it through a sieve to obtain a clean, even puree. Be sure not to neglect this step! If the skins of the dates are not removed by passing them through a sieve, they will remain in the cake and affect its texture.
- Add about 1 tablespoon of the flour--which you measured before-- to the walnuts and stir to coat them well.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder.
- Combine the eggs, sugar, and vanilla and beat the mixture with a mixer for 4 to 5 minutes, until doubled in volume.
- Reduce the speed of the mixer and add the liquid oil.
- Add the date puree. Stir until combined (do not over-stir). Turn off the mixer as soon as the ingredients are incorporated.
- Add dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder. Mix with a wooden spoon or whisk.
- Finally, add the flour-coated walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the pan and put them into the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Do the cooking test after 40 minutes. Total cooking time varies depending on oven temperature.
- Bon appetite!
