Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, upside down date cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A Middle Eastern classic cake, tweaked to perfection! Soft and moist vanilla cake topped with lightly candied black dates. Serve warm for the ultimate comfort!
Upside Down Date Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Upside Down Date Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook upside down date cake using 15 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Upside Down Date Cake:
- Take Syrup
- Make ready 20-25 dates
- Make ready 4.5 tbsp Unsalted butter (room temperature)
- Take 120 g light brown sugar
- Get 1 tbsp Honey
- Make ready Juice of half a lemon
- Prepare Cake base
- Get 215 g Self raising flour
- Get 3 Eggs
- Prepare 2.5 tsp Baking powder
- Make ready 2 tsp Cinnamon
- Make ready Pinch salt
- Make ready 325 g Caster sugar
- Make ready 2/3 tsp Vanilla extract
- Prepare 160 ml Whole milk
An upside-down cake is a cake that is baked in a single pan with its toppings at the bottom of the pan, hence "upside-down". Then, when removed from the oven. A Middle Eastern classic cake, tweaked to perfection! Soft and moist vanilla cake topped with lightly candied black dates.
Steps to make Upside Down Date Cake:
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees
- Make the syrup by bringing together butter, light brown sugar, honey and lemon juice to a simmer on the hob. Once simmering, reduce the heat and leave for a minute.
- Add the syrup to the cake tin. Aim to use a tin with an attached base.
- Cut the dates in half lengthways and remove the stone.
- Place the dates skin side touching the syrup in concentric circles. Keep them tightly packed side by side.
- Start making the cake mixture by adding together all the dry ingredients apart from the caster sugar in a mixing bowl.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add the vanilla extract.
- Add three quarters of the milk to the eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients mixture in three batches to the eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well after each addition. Aim for a mixture which slowly falls off the spoon. If the mixture is too thick, add the remaining milk.
- Add cake mixture on top of the dates and syrup.
- Bake for 60 - 70 mins in the preheated oven (175 degrees Celsius). A skewer inserted into the middle should come out clean.
- Leave to cool for 2 - 3 mins then turn upside down on a wire rack then serve on a plate.
Serve warm for the ultimate This cake is the Middle East's answer to pineapple upside down cake! With the area's rich resources in palm trees and bountiful produce of dates, it. We have apple upside down cake, chocolate upside down cake, and the list goes on! Upside down cakes make a pretty presentation for a dinner party or This upside-down cake is simple to make and tastes delicious. A caramel sauce is topped with pears and a light sponge mixture, before being baked.
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