Finnish Date Cake (taatelikakku)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 130 g packaged dates
• 200 ml water
• 150 g butter
• 125 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 200 g all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 50 ml light cream or 50 ml whole milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 150°c.
• 2 grease and flour a loaf pan.
• 3 place dates, water and butter in a saucepan, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes (i like to break down the dates a bit for smoother jam). let cool.
• 4 pour date mixture into a mixing bowl, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• 5 add egg, mix well.
• 6 sift together flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar. add flour mixture and cream alternately to the mix.
• 7 pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 75 minutes.