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Date & walnut cake with cinnamon
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Date & Walnut Cake with Caramel Sauce

A spiced bundt cake made with dates and walnuts served with a date and coconut caramel sauce.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Afternoon tea, Healthy dessert, Vegan cake
Servings: 10 servings

Ingredients

  • 200g Pitted Dates Soaked in boiling water
  • 175g Dairy Free Butter 
  • 75g Demerara Sugar
  • 150 ml Vegetable Oil
  • 150ml Dairy Free Milk I used Soya
  • 260g Plain Flour
  • 1 ½ tsp Bicarb of Soda
  • 1 ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 100g Walnuts roughly chopped

Caramel Sauce

  • 200g Pitted Dates soaked in boiling water
  • 1 400g tin of Coconut Milk left in the fridge upright overnight or in the freezer for 2-3 hours.

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C, grease your baking tin - I used a 9 inch bundt cake tin but you can use a regular 8inch tin
  • Drain your dates then blend them with the milk and oil using a hand-held blender. 
  • In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar together then stir in the blended dates paste. Fold in the flour, bicarb of soda, spices and walnuts.
  • Pour the cake mix into your tin then place in the middle of the oven for 35 - 45 minutes. At 35 minutes, check the cake with a skewer and if it’s not cooked leave it in the oven for a further 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, make your sauce. Drain the dates and place in a bowl. Scoop the coconut cream off the top of the water in the refrigerated tin of coconut milk and blend this with the dates using a hand held blender. You’re looking for a spreadable consistency - if it’s a little thick you can add a tablespoon of the coconut water left in the tin.
  • Once the cake is cooked all the way through, remove it from the oven and place the cake in the tin on a wire rack for 10 minutes to cool. Then gently tip the tin upside down and release the cake onto the wire rack.
  • Either serve the cake whilst it’s still warm with the caramel on the side or serve when it’s cooled. A scoop of ice-cream would be delicious too if you’re serving it warm.