Picnic Cake With Dates Food

DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan. In a saucepan, combine water and raisins. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in chopped dates and baking soda. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and 3/4 cup white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour, salt and date mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove cake from oven, and set oven to Broil.
• Make Topping: In a saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of butter. Stir in brown sugar, cream and chopped nuts. Spread mixture over warm cake and place under broiler until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Watch carefully - it burns easily under the broiler. Cool before serving.

MOIST CHOCOLATE CHIP DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Place dates and 1 teaspoon baking soda in a large bowl. Stir in boiling water; cool completely. , In another large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, salt and remaining baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with date mixture., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining sugar; top with chocolate chips and nuts. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

PICNIC DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Soak the chopped dates in the hot water until cool.
• Cream together the eggs, granulated sugar and shortening.
• Add the salt, soda, cinnamon and vanilla.
• Add the flour, dates and water.
• Pour into a greased and slightly floured 9X13 pan.
• Sprinkle the toppings onto the batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

PICNIC CAKE (WITH DATES)

Steps:

• Combine the first 3 ingredients; let rest until cool.
• Cream margarine and sugar, adding eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to egg mixture. Fold in cooled dates.
• Pour in a 9" x 13" baking pan. Mix TOPPING ingredients and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes.

GRANDMA'S WONDERFUL PICNIC CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Whisk flour, white sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground cloves together in a bowl. Beat eggs and vegetable oil in a separate large bowl until creamy; mix applesauce into egg mixture. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients; stir until batter is smooth. Fold 1/2 cup walnuts and raisins into batter. Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Mix brown sugar, 1 cup walnuts, and chocolate chips together in a bowl; spread over the cake.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

STICKY DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 170C/340F/gas 3. Grease and line 20cm/8inch cake tin
• Place the raisins, dates, sultanas,and currents into a pan together with the butter, water and condensed milk. Slowly bring to the boil, stirring frequently to prevent the mixture from burning. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes
• Transfer the mixture to a heatproof bowl and set aside to cool
• Mix together the wholemeal flour, plain flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda in a separate bowl
• When the fruit mixture has cooled, fold it into the flour along with the marmalade until smooth and well combined. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin
• Cover the tin with a double layer of baking parchmonet, then bake the cake in the oven for 13/4 hour, or until the cake is springy to touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean
• To serve, allow the cake to coll for 10 minutes in the tin before turning out onto a cooling rack

CHOCOLATE PICNIC CAKE

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. Cool. In a large bowl, beat the egg, sugar, water and oil until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to egg mixture until blended. Stir in melted chocolate. , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 32-38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.