Ingredients for Dates & Carrot Cake
- 125 g Butter *softened
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Caster Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 2 large Eggs *room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 150 ml Milk *room temperature OR slightly warmed
- 1 & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Bi-carb Soda
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 large Carrot *coarsely grated
- 1 cupful chopped Dried Dates
Cooking Instructions for making Dates & Carrot Cake
Line the base and sides of a round springform cake tin with baking paper. Preheat oven to 170℃.
Prepare Carrot and Dried Dates. Coarsely grate Carrot. Remove seeds from Dried Dates and coarsely chop them up.
Use a whisk to beat softened Butter and Sugars in a bowl until smooth. Add Eggs, one at a time, and beat well until creamy. Add all other ingredients and mix with a spatula or large metal spoon until combined well.
Spoon into the prepared cake tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until cooked through. *Note: If the cake turns too dark, cover with a sheet of Foil.
Stand the cake in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Carefully peel away baking paper, and leave to cool.
*Note: The photo below is the same cake baked in a standard size loaf tin. It took about 50 minutes to bake.
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