Eggless Date Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3/4 cup milk
• 18 dates, pitted and left whole
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• heat milk in a saucepan until almost boiling and stir in dates; let soak for several hours, refrigerated. for best flavor, refrigerate dates and milk overnight.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a medium loaf pan.
• transfer milk and dates to food processor, add brown sugar, and process into a smooth paste. mix in vegetable oil and vanilla extract with a few pulses.
• whisk flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a bowl until thoroughly combined. pulse flour mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time, into the date paste until batter is smooth; do not overmix. stir walnuts into batter with a fork and transfer to the prepared loaf pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes.