Friday, 21 May 2010

Sugar free date cake


My two have been crooning over this one! I've adapted it from a recipe I found on a packet of dates. It's chocolatey, sweet, sticky and indulgent...

Ingredients
  • 125g soft butter
  • 1 egg
  • 225g SR flour
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinamon
  • 75 mls milk
  • 125g chopped dates
Method
  • Preheat oven to 180
  • Grease a 7" round cake tin or brownie tin
  • Soften the butter with the back of a fork and beat it with the egg (the original recipe called for 125g soft light brown sugar in addition to the dates and you had to cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy before adding the egg, as per a usual cake recipe)
  • Add the rest of the ingredients, mix well and put in the prepared tin.
  • Bake for 1 - 1 1/4 hours until cooked through.