Dates_Honey_Cake

Ingredients:
Dates - 1 cup
Honey - ½ cup
walnuts - 1 cup
At room temperature - 2 eggs
Ripe banana - 2 nos
Milk and butter at room temperature - ¼ cup each
all-purpose flour (maida pindi)- 2 cups
Brown sugar and white cane sugar - ½ cup
Baking powder, baking soda and cardamom powder or cinnamon powder - ½ tsp each

Method:
* Finely chop dates into thin rings. Take them in a cup and add honey. Keep the dates soaked in honey for about 30 minutes. This is done to soften and further sweeten the dates (Extremely sweet and soft Medjool type does not need the honey/soaking part).
* Finely chop walnuts to small pieces.
* smash the bananas and keep it aside.
* Break eggs into a cup and beat well then add sugar(s) and beat again well.
* In a big vessel add flour Stir baking powder, soda and cardamom powder. Mix it.
* Add Egg and sugar mix, then add butter into the flour mix and then add smashed banana, mix it well.
* Now add milk little by little. Also walnuts and dates along with the honey they are soaked in. Combine all thoroughly.
* If the batter is too tight, adjust the consistency by adding little bit more milk. Pour the mixture into a cake pan. level it evenly.
*Preheat the oven to 350 F. Place the cake pan in the bottom rack for the first 15 minutes, and then move the pan to the top rack. Bake for about a total 30 minutes, until the top of the cake turns to light honey color and when a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Note: This is I got it from my friend Srilakshmi. Thanks Sri :)

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