Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Fresh Dates and Coconut Cake Recipe

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The Middle Eastern Food Kitchen (The home of delicious Middle Eastern Food Recipes) invites you to try Fresh Dates and Coconut Cake Recipe. Enjoy a collection of quick & easy Middle Eastern food recipes and learn how to make Fresh Dates and Coconut Cake.

Ingredients

1 Cup date paste (Agwa), diced
1 tsp baking soda
½ Cup butter
1 Cup sugar
1 Egg
½ tsp vanilla
2 green apple, peeled, seeded and grated
1 ½ Cup flour
1 tsp baking powder

For topping
2 Tbs butter
½ Cup brown sugar
1 Egg
1/3 Cup grated coconut

For decoration
Melted chocolate

Method

- Place date pieces in a saucepan, add water. Bring to boil over medium heat.
-Add baking soda, reduce heat and leave for 15 minutes until thickened.
- Remove from heat, let cool (should be use warm)
- Grease 3 baking pan (10 cm) with removable bottom, cover bottom with wax paper.
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Whisk butter with sugar using electric mixer until creamy.
- Add Egg, vanilla, whisk until well combined.
- Add warm date, grated apple and stir.
- Mix flour and baking powder, add to mixture and lightly stir.
- Pour the mixture in the prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Mix the topping ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat (or over double bath), Stir until well combined and sugar dissolved.
- Remove cake from oven; pour warm coconut mixture on top and spread. Then re-bake for 20 minutes or until top is golden.
- Place cake in serving plate, decorate with melted chocolate.

Note
- A (28 cm) baking pan can be used instead, in this case bake for 40 minutes in the first time and after topping for 20 minutes.
- Grated apple should be placed in a bowl filled with water and lemon juice so the color won’t change.

More Desserts Recipes:

Mixed nut baklava
Apple baklava
Mini chocolate Christmas cakes
Treats for reindeer
Individual Christmas cakes
Coconut ice

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