Eggless Dates Cake

Thats right..its eggless..yet unimaginable moist and soft-easy and a quickie and a big hit with the crowd. I followed the exact recipe from  Shilpa's Aayi's recipes but reduced little bit of sugar and my baking took less time than the specified.She says that it would catch up a "cake fever" and indeed it did :-)

Ingredients

• 18 pitted dates /date fruit
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2-3/4 cup sugar(I used brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup of oil
• 1 cup of maida/all purpose flour
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• choice of nuts(optional)

Pre-cooking

• Pre heat oven to 350 degree F

Method

• Heat the milk and dates for a few minutes until the dates become soft
• Grind this with sugar to a fine paste.
• Add oil and mix it well.
• Sieve the flour and baking soda and keep aside.
• Add the flour little by little to the liquid mixture until everything is blended smoothly.
• Add the nuts if needed.
• Pour into the cake pan and bake it in oven for 30 minutes.(Time might vary..so be sure to check it in between)
• Cake is done,when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and tidy.

Serving suggestions

• Serve its as such or frost it with your favorite frosting.

Tips

• The cake will be extra moist, so take care when taking it out from your pan.

Add this goes to Bake off event hosted by Bangalore Baker.