DATES CAKE

DATES CAKE

500 gm dates,remove seeds and chopped

50 gm cashew nuts,chopped

1 cup hot water

1 tsp soda bicarbonate

250 gm superfine flour*

2 tsp baking powder*

200 gm castor sugar

250 gm butter

4 eggs

1 tsp essences of almond

1 tsp essences of rose

For decoration 

50 gm  cashewnuts

Some green and red cherries

*Sift together ingredients

1. combine the dates and cashew nuts  and pour water and leave for 4 hours. Mix thoroughly with baking soda and set aside.

2. Grease and line a cake tin with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 180c

3. Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg one at a time while continuing to beat.

4. Add the flour little by little  and stir into the butter mixture add the date mixture little by little and mix in the almond and vanilla essences stir well.

5 Pour the batter into the tin and garnish with the nuts and cherries. Put in the oven and bake for one hour or until done. Cool before cutting.