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Date Cake

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup milk
100 gms butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg
2. Add dates, baking soda and baking powder to the boiling water, let it cool,
3. Sift flour
4. Beat egg
5. Cream butter and sugar
6. Add egg to the butter and sugar mixture
7. Add flour and date mixture  to the butter, sugar and egg
8. Add milk and 1/2 the walnuts
9. Bake in a 20 cm round tin for 60 mins at the 350 deg F
10. Remove once done, let it cool on a cooling cake rack.
11. You can add the rest of the walnuts on top of  the cake for presentation.

I hope you enjoy making and eating this delicious cake.