Date and walnut tea cake  

Ingredients

• 2 cups of whole-wheat flour (atta)

• 1 cup of finely chopped deseeded dates 

• 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts

• 1 cup of milk (dairy/almond/soy/oat)

• 1 cup of water

• 1/2 a cup of vegetable oil

• 1 tablespoon of instant coffee

• 1/2 a cup of jaggery sugar (coconut sugar works too)

• 2 teaspoons of cocoa

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

• 1 teaspoon of baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder

• a pinch of salt

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 200’C

• Heat the milk in a pan and stir in the instant coffee

• Remove it from the stove and mix the chopped dates with the milk

• Sieve and mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the jaggery sugar too

• Now blend in the oil, vanilla essence with an electric beater

• Add the water and the milk with dates

• Finally, add the walnuts

• Blend it all well but do not overdo it

• Prepare a cake tin with parchment paper or simply grease it

• Fill it with the batter

• Place the filled tin in the oven for approximately 30-45 minutes.

• Once it looks done, insert a fork to check if it’s thoroughly cooked

• A clean fork means it is ready

• Allow the cake to cool on a stand​

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