Date and Walnut Cake
An easy and light date walnut cake. Vegan and eggless recipe.
Servings: 1 medium size round cake
Calories: 3291kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup sunflower oil or any good neutral tasting oil
- ¾ cup unrefined cane sugar regular sugar or demerara sugar- adjust as per your taste preferences
- 1 cup Almond Milk or soy milk or oats milk - dairy milk can be added instead
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup seedless dates
- ½ cup walnuts
- 2 teaspoon instant coffee
- 1 tablespoon cacao nibs or small chocolate chips - if adding choco chips, then adjust the sugar accordingly
- ½ teaspoon vanilla bean powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
making cake batter
- Chop the dates and walnuts and keep aside.
- Line or grease a cake pan.
- Then heat the milk and switch off the flame.
- Add the coffee powder and stir.
- Add the dates. Stir and allow the dates to be in the milk for some 15 to 20 minutes or more.
- Begin the process of sieving both the whole wheat flours and all purpose flour with salt, baking soda and baking powder.
- Now you can preheat the oven to 200 degrees c/392 f.
- Take the seived flour mixture in a large bowl.
- Add the sugar & vanilla powder and mix.
- Add the soaked dates along with the milk, 1 cup water, walnuts and oil.
- Mix with an electric beater at medium to high speed till the whole batter is uniform and mixed evenly. Don't overdo the mixing.
- Fold in the cacao nibs or chocolate chips.
baking date and walnut cake
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake pan.
- With the help of a rubber spatula remove the batter from the sides of the bowl and add it to the cake pan.
- Shake the cake pan from the sides.
- Place in the pre heated oven.
- Bake the cake for 45 mins to 1 hour or until the a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- Serve the date and walnut cake warm with some tea or coffee.
- The remaining cake can be kept in an air-tight box and refrigerated.
Notes
- Addition of coffee and cacao nibs are optional.
Nutrition
Calories: 3291kcal | Carbohydrates: 452g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 160g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Sodium: 941mg | Potassium: 2461mg | Fiber: 38g | Sugar: 245g | Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): 2mg | Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): 1mg | Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 16mg | Vitamin B6: 1mg | Vitamin E: 46mg | Vitamin K: 15µg | Calcium: 667mg | Vitamin B9 (Folate): 279µg | Iron: 13mg | Magnesium: 432mg | Phosphorus: 1278mg | Zinc: 7mg