Moist date cake recipe

These dates are irresistibly sweet fruits. They are often eaten on their own, but have you ever tried date cake ? There are other ways to enjoy your favorite fruit, such as date molasses or dates coated in milk chocolate. You can also use them in cakes and pastries ! 

Dattes-Ajwa brings you a few recipes for using dates in the kitchen!

Date cake: an incomparable treat!

You can replace sugar in drinks or baked goods with date molasses. You can also use dates themselves in place of sugar in baking. Date cake is a wonderful sweet treat.

Date cake: must-try recipes

For these recipes, you can use any dried dates you like. However, we recommend Algerian dates. In fact, Ajwa dates and Medjool dates can also be eaten on their own or used in cooking.

Moist date cake

This is the easiest and quickest option! The moist date cake will delight children and adults alike!

Pour cette recette il vous faut : 200g de dattes dénoyautés, 175g de farine, 90 de sucre roux, 2 œufs, 75g de beurre fondu, 1 cas de miel, 1 cac de cannelle et 1 cac de levure chimique.

Recipe steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180 °C and roughly chop the dates in a food processor.
• Beat the eggs with the sugar until pale.
• Gradually add the butter while continuing to mix.
• Next, add the flour and baking powder.
• All that remains is to fold in the honey, cinnamon, and dates.
• You will have a thick batter, which you bake for 30 minutes at 180 °C.

Makrout pastries

A staple among Eid pastries is undoubtedly makrout. Here is the recipe for this delicious date pastry:

You will need 250 g of dates, steamed beforehand, 230 g of softened butter, and 500 g of semolina (250 g fine and 250 g medium). You will also need 30 g of sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt, 15 g of sunflower oil, 130 g of water, 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds, 20 g of orange blossom water, and honey or glucose syrup.

Recipe steps:

• Start by melting 180 g of butter.
• Add the semolina, sugar, salt, and oil, then mix everything together.
• Add the water a little at a time until you have a soft dough that holds together. Set the dough aside.
• Next, blend the cooked dates, 50 g of butter, the orange blossom water, and the sesame seeds to make a filling.

Finally, all that remains is to shape your makrout. For this version, we make balls of date pasteand enclose them in balls of dough. Bake the makrout at 180 °C for about 30 minutes, then dip them in honey.

These dates are irresistibly sweet fruits. They are often eaten on their own, but have you ever tried date cake ? There are other ways to enjoy your favorite fruit, such as date molasses or dates coated in milk chocolate. You can also use them in cakes and pastries ! 

Dattes-Ajwa brings you a few recipes for using dates in the kitchen!

Date cake: an incomparable treat!

You can replace sugar in drinks or baked goods with date molasses. You can also use dates themselves in place of sugar in baking. Date cake is a wonderful sweet treat.

Date cake: must-try recipes

For these recipes, you can use any dried dates you like. However, we recommend Algerian dates. In fact, Ajwa dates and Medjool dates can also be eaten on their own or used in cooking.

Moist date cake

This is the easiest and quickest option! The moist date cake will delight children and adults alike!

Pour cette recette il vous faut : 200g de dattes dénoyautés, 175g de farine, 90 de sucre roux, 2 œufs, 75g de beurre fondu, 1 cas de miel, 1 cac de cannelle et 1 cac de levure chimique.

Recipe steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180 °C and roughly chop the dates in a food processor.
• Beat the eggs with the sugar until pale.
• Gradually add the butter while continuing to mix.
• Next, add the flour and baking powder.
• All that remains is to fold in the honey, cinnamon, and dates.
• You will have a thick batter, which you bake for 30 minutes at 180 °C.

Makrout pastries

A staple among Eid pastries is undoubtedly makrout. Here is the recipe for this delicious date pastry:

You will need 250 g of dates, steamed beforehand, 230 g of softened butter, and 500 g of semolina (250 g fine and 250 g medium). You will also need 30 g of sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt, 15 g of sunflower oil, 130 g of water, 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds, 20 g of orange blossom water, and honey or glucose syrup.

Recipe steps:

• Start by melting 180 g of butter.
• Add the semolina, sugar, salt, and oil, then mix everything together.
• Add the water a little at a time until you have a soft dough that holds together. Set the dough aside.
• Next, blend the cooked dates, 50 g of butter, the orange blossom water, and the sesame seeds to make a filling.

Finally, all that remains is to shape your makrout. For this version, we make balls of date pasteand enclose them in balls of dough. Bake the makrout at 180 °C for about 30 minutes, then dip them in honey.