DATES & ALMOND TORTE CAKE

DATES & ALMOND TORTE CAKE

Ingredients:

1.1/2 cup dates chopped.

2. 50g sugar.

3. 30g butter

4. 130g almonds

5.1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

6.1/2 tbsp flour

7.1tsp vanilla essence

8. 2eggs

Method:

·       Preheat oven to 180 degree centigrate. Grease a baking tin with butter and dust with a light coat of flour. Grind the almonds and half the sugar in a mixer until fine crumbs are obtained. Chop the dates into small pieces.

·       Combine the almond sugar mixture, chopped dates, cinnamon powder and flour and give it a dry mix.

·       Separate the egg whites and yolks. Melt the butter separately.

·       Combine remaining sugar, eg yolks melted butter and vanillla essence.

·       Fold egg yolk mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.

·       Separately using a hand mixer, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Now, lightly fold the whites into the almond-yolk mixture and mix well to form a light cake batter.

·       Pour into the greased cake tin and bake at 180 degree centigrate for 30-35 mins. Cool completely then de- mould.

·       Garnish with fresh orange slices and flaked almonds.

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