Date Cake

Name: Date Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 15 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb pitted dates, sliced; 2 cups water; 3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 10 ounces chocolate chips; 2 cups chopped walnuts; 1 cup butter, room temperature; 2 cups sugar; 4 extra large eggs, room temperature; 1 tablespoon vanilla; icing sugar

Submitted by evelynathens

"This cake is delicious, moist and a cinch to make. I love the way the dates melt into the chocolatey cake, giving it incomparable flavour and texture."

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photo by stormylee

Ready In:: 1hr 5mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 15

ingredients

1 lb pitted dates, sliced
2 cups water
3 ¹⁄₂ cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
10 ounces chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnuts
1 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 extra large eggs, room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla
icing sugar

directions

Combine dates and water in medium saucepan.
Bring to a boil over high heat.
Remove from heat and let dates cool in liquid; do not drain.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Butter and flour 13 X 9 inch pyrex baking dish.
Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.
Combine chocolate chips and walnuts in medium bowl and set aside.
Cream butter with sugar in another large bowl, about 8 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition.
Stir in vanilla.
Beat in ¼ of undrained dates.
Beat in ¼ of flour mixture.
Continue adding date and flour mixtures alternately to batter, beating well after each addition, ending with flour.
Pour into pan.
Sprinkle chocolate chip/nut mixture evenly over top.
Bake about 45-50 minutes.
Let cool in pan.
Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.
This will stay moist for days if wrapped in foil.

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Reviews

Rating 3 stars, maybe because of myself overbaking this cake. Because of that it was dry. Maybe I will try again!

carodun
Evelyn, Evelyn, Evelyn!! What have you done? I'm hooked! Lovely moist cake! I used 6 mediumish eggs and no chocolate. I will bake it at 300F next time as it was overdone on the top. I may also stir the walnuts into the batter for a variation. Oh, a good thing about this cake is that it isn't too sweet. Thanks for posting this.

Vnut-Beyond Redempt
I love both date cakes and chocolate cakes, yet it has never occurred to me to combine them - and let me tell you, it's a brilliant combination. This cake is utterly delicious! I made some changes to the recipe, preparation-wise: I only made half a recipe and baked the cake in a 2 litre bundt pan. Because of this, I worried the date slices might end up at the bottom of the pan, so I boiled them for a bit longer (about 3 minutes) and then gave them a whirl with a mixer to give them a more jam-like consistency before adding them to the batter. After preparing the pan I coated it with finely chopped chocolate, poured in the batter and sprinkled some more chocolate on top. (Omitted the walnuts; personal preference) Baked at 150 C (300 F) for one hour and 10 minutes, and produced a beautiful cake our guests raved about! I think this will be THE date cake I make from now on. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe Evelyn!

stormylee