Carrot and Dates Cake Recipe
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Serves: 6-8
 
Ingredients
  • Ingredients
  • Flour – 1 Cup
  • Baking Soda – ¾ Teaspoon
  • Salt – 1 Pinch
  • Caramel Syrup – ¼ Cup
  • Refined Oil – ¼ Cup
  • Cinnamon Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Egg – 2
  • Vanilla Essence – ½ Teaspoon
  • Powdered Sugar – ¾ Cup
  • Grated Carrot – 1 Cup
  • Chopped Dates -1 Cup
  • Cashews – ¼ Cup
Instructions
  1. Prepare a 8-inch cake pan and line it with butter/oil and line a butter paper. Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees C.
  2. Prepare caramel syrup: Take a pan and add ½ cup sugar and heat, when the color changes add 1 cup boiling water and stir. When it attains the texture similar to honey remove from fire. Allow it to cool
  3. Add the chopped dates in a pan .Add ¼ cup water and cook the dates till it becomes soft and all water dries up.
  4. Sieve the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, and salt.
  5. Beat egg and sugar until creamy. Add refined oil, cooled caramel syrup, and vanilla essence and beat until it is incorporated thoroughly.
  6. Add grated carrot,cooked dates into this and mix
  7. Now fold in the flour mix into the wet mix by two times.
  8. Pour the batter in the prepared tin and tap the baking tin to release air bubbles if any. Spread the cashews on top and bake in a preheated oven for 30-45 mins or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow it to cool for 5minutes before demoulding it.
Notes
To Bake Cake in stove top:
Preheat a kadai on medium flame for 10 minutes. Place a stand in the kadai and place the cake tin on top of the stand close the kadai and cook on medium to low flame for 30 -45 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Recipe by Kerala Cooking Recipes at https://www.keralacookingrecipes.com/carrot-dates-cake-recipe-2/