English Breakfast Date Cake
This cake recipe is an afternoon tea delight.
Servings
6
people
Servings
6
people
Ingredients
1/2
cup
boiling water
3
tsp
Neat Jane’s “English Breakfast Organic Tea”
250
grams
pitted dates, roughly chopped
1 3/4
cup
self raising flour
1/4
cup
plain flour
3/4
cup
brown sugar
125
grams
melted butter
2
eggs
lightly whisked
Butter to serve
Instructions
Use a rectangular deep cake tin and line the base with baking paper. Grease lightly
Pre-heat oven to 160ºC
Place the boiling water and Neat Jane’s “English Breakfast Organic Tea” in a bowl and allow to infuse for 5 minutes
Strain the tea leaves and set aside. Discard the tea leaves
Place the dates in a bowl and pour over the tea
In another bowl sift the flours into a bowl stir in the sugar
Add the date mixture and butter
Beat in the eggs one at a time and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined
Spoon mixture into tin. Bake for 50 minutes or until risen and firm to touch
Leave the cake in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and peel off the baking paper. Leave to cool