Upside Down Date Cake
Upside Down Date Cake

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, upside down date cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have upside down date cake using 15 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Upside Down Date Cake:
  1. Take Syrup
  2. Take 20-25 dates
  3. Take 4.5 tbsp Unsalted butter (room temperature)
  4. Make ready 120 g light brown sugar
  5. Take 1 tbsp Honey
  6. Prepare Juice of half a lemon
  7. Take Cake base
  8. Get 215 g Self raising flour
  9. Get 3 Eggs
  10. Take 2.5 tsp Baking powder
  11. Get 2 tsp Cinnamon
  12. Get Pinch salt
  13. Make ready 325 g Caster sugar
  14. Take 2/3 tsp Vanilla extract
  15. Get 160 ml Whole milk
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.

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