Date and Almond, Square Cake

It’s been ages since I last posted a cake recipe. Yesterday I had a million of things to do but I was feeling I had to do something for you as well. 

I decided to create a date/almond cake that would be easy to prepare, and perfect with a cup of tea!

It took me approximately 5’ minutes to gather all ingredients and 10’ minutes to prepare the cake. Very easy, isn't it?

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Date and Almond, Square Cake

12 Servings

Ingredients

1/3 cup peanut oil

90gr unsalted butter

¾ cup cane sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 small eggs

1½ cup all purpose flour, sifted

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon

¼ cup fresh milk (2% fat)

150gr dates (19-20 dates) pitted and chopped into small pieces

½ cup (60gr) almonds, chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 170ºC.

2. Melt the butter, oil, sugar and vanilla in a medium sized saucepan.

3. Remove from heat and let it cool.

4. Add eggs and mix in well. Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon and baking soda. Add milk and mix lightly with a fork or a small spatula.

5. Add dates and almonds. Mix lightly.

6. Bake in a square pan (20cm x 20cm), for approximately 35’ minutes.

Serve with a cup of tea or coffee!!