Carrot and Dates Cake

Carrot and dates cake is a delicious moist cake. It is similar to that of plum cake version. It is a rich cake with carrots, dates and nuts. It is moist, flavorful and simple recipe.

 

Carrot and Dates Cake

Ingredients:

1. Maida / all purpose flour – 1 ¼ cup
2. Baking soda- ¾ tsp
3. Cinnamon powder- 1/4 tsp
4. Oil- ¾  cup
5. Sugar- ½ cup
6. Egg-3
7. Vanilla essence- ¼tsp
8. Grated carrots-1cup
9. Grated dry dates-1cup
10. Chopped nuts-1/2 cup

For the caramel syrup:

1. Sugar- ½ cup
2. Hot water- ¼ cup

Preparation:

• Sift flour, cinnamon powder and baking soda together.
• Mix the carrots, dates and nuts with a table spoon of Maida and sieve the excess Maida.
• Heat sugar for caramel in a pan; don’t stir it but swirl the pan to reach the caramelized sugar in equal portions.
• When the sugar gets really dark color (little bitter consistency- which makes the cake tastes well) add hot water in to it (be careful when adding hot water).
• Switch off the heat suddenly as soon as caramel is dissolved in water.
• Keep it aside to cool.
• Mix egg and sugar in bowl; with a beater.
• Add oil in to it; mix well.
   
• Add caramel syrup and vanilla essence.
• Add flour in to it and mix slowly.
• Add carrots, dates and nuts; mix well.
• Pour it in to a greased pan (with maida and butter) and bake it in a preheated oven for 40 minutes at 180 degree. (Or bake it in the pressure cooker mode http://12recipe.blogspot.com/2015/02/simple-sponge-cake-pressure-cooker-cake.html ).

Carrot and Dates Cake

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