Tuesday 27 November 2012

Chocolate Date Cake Recipe


Chocolate Date Cake

It’s been a couple of weeks since I have updated this space…. I was busy with shifting our apartment and settling down in the new home… Still I have a lot to unpack and I am only cooking some basic stuff just to survive ;)… Today just to relax, I thought of posting this easy one bowl chocolate date cake recipe that I made recently… The batter is completely prepared in a saucepan, and that means you only need to wash up one bowl!.... Dates add moistness to this dark, fudgy cake…. and this cake goes very well with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream…. A great dessert for a party with little effort :)…

Dates Cake Recipe

Chocolate Date Cake
(Recipe Source~ 365 Great Cakes and Pies)
Prep~15 mints
Bake~ 30 to 35 mints
Serves ~ 12
Ingredients: 
1 cup whole pitted dates, coarsely chopped.
1 stick (4 ounces) butter, cut up
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
11/2 cups flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 ounces (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Method:
  • Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C. In a medium saucepan, bring dates and 1 cup water to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat. Add butter and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Blend in egg and vanilla.
  • Sift together flour, Cocoa powder and salt. Stir in to date mixture along with 1/2 cup chocolate chips and the walnuts. Turn into a well-greased 13 x 9inch baking pan. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips over top.
  • Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out barely clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Chocolate Date Cake Picture

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15 comments:

  1. Wowwww... looks super soft and absolutely tempting.. thanks for sharing dear :)
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  2. Dates with choc cake??? Awesome awesome...will definitely try this...dates are my favorites..

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  3. Tempting cake...Dates would have added to texture and moistness..

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  4. Lovely recipe,Swapna...shall surely try this! Osm pic.

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  5. Lovely recipe,Swapna...shall surely try this! Osm pic.

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  6. Very attractive and stunning texture.

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  7. Wow,It's Looks yum and well explained....Thank you so much for sharing this:)

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  8. Oh wow, yumm! And what clicks!!

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  10. Hi, Just made this cake absolutely so moist and fudgy. We all loved it at home. Thanks for sharing it here.

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    1. Happy to note that you liked the cake Latha :)... Thanks for letting me know....

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  11. What a lovely sounding cake! I absolutely adore both dates and chocolate, so what could possibly be better than this ?!

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  13. Does that dates and water mixture to be cooled before adding butter amd sugar

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