Comments on: Date Cake

By: shayma

shayma — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:16:20 +0000

@Bahareh My humble suggestion would be to not add cinnamon- dates have their own caramel-y flavour, and I feel the cinnamon would not add much to the cake. x s

By: shayma

shayma — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:13:13 +0000

@ChrisB You are very kind- thank you very much. The heavy cream is not mandatory at all. With a nice cup of tea or coffee, this will go down just as well – cream or no cream.

By: ChrisB

ChrisB — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:06:23 +0000

I came across this fantastic blog last week. Since I had dates in the house and everything else, I made your date cake. I love it! And, it’s even better the day after. Being a 62y old retired guy loving to eat and cook, with a watchful doctor breathing down my neck, I didn’t use the heavy cream for serving.

By: Bahareh

Bahareh — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:37:31 +0000

Can’t wait to make this….specially in the cold of winter, dates warm you right up!!what do you think about adding cinnamon also?I’m a cinnamon addict!!

By: zara

zara — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:16:05 +0000

hello
I am Afghanistan.But I have spent 14 years in Pakistan. I found your blog while searching for Afghani recipes and I couldn’t stop myself from reading each and every recipe.your childhood memories took me back to my childhood.
I will surely try the recipes that I don’t know. I think now I will be looking in your blog more often.

By: Firdous

Firdous — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:20:18 +0000

I found your blog a few months back and had bookmarked this recipe. Made it today. Turned out wonderful thou cooking the dates with soda did give them a scary look. Served it with breakfast cream.I must try other recipes as well from your blog now. Thanks for the recipe.

By: NishaB

NishaB — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:54:20 +0000

I made this cake today and I have to say thank you; it was much, much better than I had even begun to imagine – dark, deep, moist, just the way it looks in the picture and yes, almost a pudding. Brilliant. No cream; served it with vanilla icecream. It was a huge hit, everyone wants the recipe and I am now going to slowly and steadily proceed to try most of your recipes, provided I have the ingredients, because this one was a fabulous experience!

By: shayma

shayma — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:06:25 +0000

@Rutab Thank you so much for the kind words. I apologise, but I have absolutely no idea how many cups of dates this would amount to, that’s very tricky to say. Next time I make it I can make a note of it and send you the information. I would not half the amount of dates though.

By: rutab

rutab — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:05:26 +0000

Hi Shayma
Love love love your blog and recipes. Could you please state the amount of dates in cups? I’m working with a packet of seedless brick of dates. Also would the recipe work if I half it?

By: shayma

shayma — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:26:11 +0000

@Vanessa Thank you so much. It calls for white granulated sugar. Happy baking!