Dates Cake / Eggless Dates Cake / Dates Loaf Cake

I know that today there won't be enough sunlight and its not a suitable day to take food pictures, not only today this whole week is going to be too cold, cloudy n gloomy...so don't want to postpone my baking till next week. So proceeded to bake Dates Cake which i recently saw in Vimitha's Space. The cake doesn't contain any egg and butter, its a very simple and healthy dessert too. So without any further delay i tried and it turned out so good, moist, soft n delicious cake with crunchy nuts n chocolate chips bites. Try this Delicious Dates Cake, a healthy choice for this Christmas treat. Sure your friends and family will love this!!!

Ingredients

1. Whole Wheat flour   1 and 1/4  cup
2. All Purpose flour      1/4 cup
3. Baking Soda              2 tsp
4. Baking Powder          1/4 tsp
5. Salt                            1/4 tsp
6. Dates                         20 no.s
7. Milk                          1 and 1/2 cup
8. Sugar                         1/2 cup
9. Oil                             1/2 cup + 2 tbsp
10. Vanilla                       1/2 tsp
11. Chopped Nuts & Raisins     1/4 cup
12. Mini chocolate chips           less than 1/4 cup

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit. Line a 8" loaf pan with parchment paper n spray some cooking/baking spray and keep aside.
• In a microwave safe bowl heat 1/2 cup milk for 1 minute and add dates to it and leave it till the dates get soften, after that blend it to a smooth puree along with that milk and keep ready.

• In a bowl, sift flours, soda, baking powder n salt, combine and keep aside.
• In another mixing bowl, add milk, sugar stir using whisk until sugar dissolves and then add oil, vanilla and dates puree and mix everything well.

• To this add flour mixture and mix everything without any lumps.
• Lastly stir in nuts, raisins and chocolate chips.

• Now pour the batter to the greased pan and bake it for 35-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Notes:

I have used loaf pan, but u can also bake it in 8" or 9" round cake pan.

U can use completely either All purpose flour or Whole wheat flour.

As my dates are too sweet i used only 1/2 cup sugar for 1 and 1/2 cup flour but the original recipe is, 1/2 cup for 1 cup flour...so adjust according to ur taste...the above mentioned quantity will yield u a perfect sweet cake..not too sweet or less.

U can use any desired nuts, dry fruits, tutty fruity etc.

Sending this to Spicy Treats' HITS event Happening at Roshni's Kitchen

and also to Sending this to Vardhini's Bake Fest. and also to Deepthi's Christmas Food Fair Event.