Upside Down Date Cake
Upside Down Date Cake

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, upside down date cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a 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! This cake is the Middle East's answer to pineapple upside down cake!

Upside Down Date Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Upside Down Date Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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:
  1. Get Syrup
  2. Make ready 20-25 dates
  3. Prepare 4.5 tbsp Unsalted butter (room temperature)
  4. Prepare 120 g light brown sugar
  5. Prepare 1 tbsp Honey
  6. Take Juice of half a lemon
  7. Make ready Cake base
  8. Get 215 g Self raising flour
  9. Make ready 3 Eggs
  10. Make ready 2.5 tsp Baking powder
  11. Prepare 2 tsp Cinnamon
  12. Take Pinch salt
  13. Make ready 325 g Caster sugar
  14. Get 2/3 tsp Vanilla extract
  15. Get 160 ml Whole milk

Whisk over medium heat until sugar dissolves, butter melts, and sauce is bubbling. Whisk over medium heat until sugar dissolves, butter melts, and sauce is bubbling. Cut or tear each date in half and arrange dates on the bottom of the pan, pressing down on each one slightly. In a mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix to combine with a whisk.

Instructions to make Upside Down Date Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees
  2. 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.
  3. Add the syrup to the cake tin. Aim to use a tin with an attached base.
  4. Cut the dates in half lengthways and remove the stone.
  5. Place the dates skin side touching the syrup in concentric circles. Keep them tightly packed side by side.
  6. Start making the cake mixture by adding together all the dry ingredients apart from the caster sugar in a mixing bowl.
  7. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add the vanilla extract.
  8. Add three quarters of the milk to the eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well.
  9. 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.
  10. Add cake mixture on top of the dates and syrup.
  11. Bake for 60 - 70 mins in the preheated oven (175 degrees Celsius). A skewer inserted into the middle should come out clean.
  12. Leave to cool for 2 - 3 mins then turn upside down on a wire rack then serve on a plate.
  13. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Cut or tear each date in half and arrange dates on the bottom of the pan, pressing down on each one slightly. In a mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix to combine with a whisk. Muffin Tin Pineapple Upside Down Cake. This is a gorgeous moist and gooey coffee cake! Peach, cherry, blackberry and/or red raspberry are some of the best.

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