Date Nut Cake Gilacgi Food

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 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.

IRAQI DATE AND NUT CAKE GILACGI

Steps:

• Combine dates and water in a small saucepan. Bring water to a boil; simmer 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in honey, lemon juice, cinnamon and nuts. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 400°F Butter a round 8 1/2 inch cake pan; sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
• In a large bowl, combine semolina, farina or Cream of Wheat; flour; baking powder and sugar. Sprinkle vanilla over mixture. Stir in butter. Spoon half of the mixture into buttered cake pan; press over bottom and up side of pan. Spoon date mixture evenly over top. Sprinkle remaining flour mixture over date mixture.
• Bake in center of oven 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool, then slice. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
• Best of International Cooking.

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.

DATE & NUT CAKE (GILACGI)

Steps:

• Combine dates and water in a small saucepan. Bring water to a boil; simmer 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in honey, lemon juice, cinnamon, and nuts. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Butter a round 8-1/2" cake pan; sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
• In a large bowl, combine semolina (or farina, or Cream of Wheat), flour, baking powder and sugar. Sprinkle vanilla over the mixture. Stir in butter.
• Spoon half of the mixture into the buttered cake pan; press over bottom and up side of pan. Spoon date mixture evenly over the top. Sprinkle the remaining flour mixture over the date mixture.
• Bake in center of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool, then slice.

EASY DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degF.
• Prepare a 13 x 9 x 2 inch cake pan.
• Mix tog chopped dates, soda and boiling water and let stand.
• Mix tog butter, sugar and vanilla, then add the date mixture.
• Add the flour and chopped nuts.
• Pour into prepared cake pan and bake at 350 degF for approximately 35 minutes. Test cake with toothpick to see if done.Cool in pan.