Zia Delias Date Nut Cake Recipes

DATE NUT LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring dates and water to a boil. Stir in 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar until melted. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Place date mixture into a large bowl. Blend in flour, eggs and vanilla. Stir in chopped walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Serve slices with Warm Sauce.
• To make Warm Sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1/4 cup butter with cream and brown sugar. Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and sugar is dissolved.

DATE CAKE DELICIOUS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 6-cup (8-by-4-inch) loaf pans; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the dates, shortening and 1 1/2 cups boiling water. Set aside to cool, stirring frequently. In a separate bowl, combine the sugar and egg; whisk to combine. Add to the date mixture and stir well until combined.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves and nutmeg. Add the date and sugar mixture and stir just until combined. Stir in the nuts.
• Divide batter between the pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, being careful not to overbake; 50 minutes to 1 hour. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and finish cooling on a rack.

ZIA DELIA'S DATE-NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit, with much excess, a 7- by 11-inch baking pan, a size that is sometimes called a "brownie pan." Don't attempt to fit the paper inside it yet. Place a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, with a table fork, beat the eggs with the vanilla and sugar until well blended. Stir in the dates and walnuts until well mixed. Sprinkle the flour over the fruit and nut mixture and blend in very well. Place the parchment paper over the pan and pour the batter into the pan. The weight of the batter will hold down the paper. As you spread the batter evenly to fill the pan, the paper will give way and fit to the pan. Don't worry if the corners are a little irregular. Bake for about 45 minutes, until the top is nicely browned and the cake feels solid to the touch. Cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes before unmolding. Pull off the parchment paper while the cake is still warm. Finish cooling the cake with the sticky bottom up. Cut into small pieces, approximately 1 1/2-inch squares. Or cut into 1-inch by 2-inch bars or, truly, into any size you like. Store at room temperature, in a tin or wrapped in aluminum foil, not plastic.

DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Mix nuts, dates and cherries in a large bowl.
• Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
• Sprinkle flour mixture over fruit; mix well.
• Add beaten eggs and vanilla.
• Mix throughly.
• Bake in tube pan at 275 degrees fahrenheit for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare 8 inch cake pan and proceed as usual.
• Mix first three ingredients together and let cool completely.
• Add walnuts, cake flour and baking powder and stir gently.
• Add butter sugar, salt and.
• egg.
• Stir completely and bake in prepared pan until tester comes out clean.
• Topping: Cook until syrupy and spread on warm cake.
• Serve cooled topped.
• with fresh whipped cream, if desired.

TANYA'S DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8-inch round springform pan.
• Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Add dates and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Drain dates and transfer to a food processor. Puree dates into a smooth paste.
• Sift together flour and baking soda into a large bowl. Stir in chopped walnuts until combined and set aside.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Slowly add beaten eggs, allowing them to thoroughly blend into the butter mixture. Stir in ground dates and mix until combined. Pour in flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just incorporated. Add 3/4 cup hot water or as needed to thin the batter into a pourable consistency. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
• Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

DATE-NUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in the coconut, raisins, dates, pecans and orange zest. , Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 300° for 85-95 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Place a piece of waxed paper under rack. , In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and orange juice to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Stir in orange zest. Poke holes in cake with a long wooden skewer; gradually spoon glaze over fruitcake. Cool completely.