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¾ cups whole dates
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1 whole grain flour
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1 tablespoon baking powder
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1 tablespoon cinnamon
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pinch of salt
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¾ cup vegetable oil (I used sunflower oil)
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½ cup brown sugar
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¼ cup honey
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2 large eggs
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1 tablespon vanilla
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½ cup chopped cashews
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Milk (I used soya milk)
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Preheat the oven to 160°C / 325°F.
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Place the dates into a bowl and cover them with very hot water. Let the dates soak while preparing the cake dough.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together vegetable oil and brown sugar first. Then add honey, eggs, and vanilla.
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In another mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
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Pour the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stir everything.
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Drain water from the dates and chop into small chunks.
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Fold the cashews and date chunks into the dough.
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If the dough is too thick add milk until it gets a smooth mixture.
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Generously grease your loaf pan with cooking spray. Pour the dough into loaf pan.
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Place loaf pan in preheated oven. Bake the cake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Remove from oven and let it cool down.
