Monday, February 7, 2011

Ginger & Date Cake

I tried to organize some of my pictures *uupss.. already more than 1,000 ?? * before my computer crack down ^_^ .. and I found some of food pictures I taken on 2010 are not posting yet , OK .. than before getting lazy let me write the recipe .


Pretty simple recipe and what I loved about this recipe was, you just need to put all ingredients together in food processor .. that's it .. not many of bowl to wash after that.


Fluffy ginger and date cake
Recipe : Patricia - Technicolor Kitchen

2 cups + 2 tablespoons (300g) all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
3 cups (420g) fresh pitted dates, chopped
1 cup (240ml) boiling water
2 teaspoons baking soda
200g unsalted butter, room temperature, chopped
1 ½ cups (262g) brown sugar, packed
4 eggs

Icing sugar, for dusting


Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Butter a 26x16cm baking pan, line with baking paper and butter the paper as well.

Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and ginger into a large bowl and set aside.

Place the dates, water and baking soda in a bowl, mix and allow to stand for 5 minutes.

Transfer to a food processor, add the butter and sugar and process until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, and process well.

Pour over the flour mixture and mix well with a wooden spoon.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until risen and cooked when tested with a toothpick. Allow to cool in the pan, then carefully unmold.

Cut into squares or diamond shapes and dust with icing sugar to serve.

6 comments:

Dewi said...

Yummy! Ginger and dates, what a delicious combo!

Dik Fitri,
Saya ingin buat Empal daging, tapi nggak tahu harus pakai daging bagian mana. Help, please? Thank you :)

Dewi said...
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Dewi said...

Thanks Fitri!

Elsye said...

menul-menul maakkk..cakep jadinyaa :D gw ga punya kurma iki hikss...

Kris Ngoei said...

I am so glad you are actively back in blogging.... love this post, a practical and yet beautiful baking result! I am intigued by the texture and convinced that the taste must be great too!

Btw, I do have a full luggage contains all the new tools of fondant decoration. Gosh money can never be enough! Hope I could share with you any fondant work in the near future!

Retno Prihadana said...

Duuh...fotonya menggoda banget niy buat dicoba :).
Btw, Fitri, makasih infonya ya barusan langsung meluncur ke blog yg pake fotoku, hikkks...sedih deh ngeliat orang2 yg tega copas foto dan resepku tanpa izin.