Arabic Dates and Honey Cake

The theme for this month's Home Bakers Challenge, a monthly baking group started by Priya, is Arabic Bakes. Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth suggested both savory and sweet bakes for this challenge. On her choices, today I baked this dateand Honeycake. I followed Raffeda's instructions and instead of eggs  I used milk. It tasted so heavenly and its so good and My family loved it. Thank you Rafeeda AR for the wonderful Arabian recipes

This Arabic Date and Honey Cake is Easy , delicious, unique and The half-baked cake absorbs all the syrup, turning the cake super soft and moist. This is a rich, delicious and filling cake. We  can served it with coffee/tea.

Ingredients:

All Purpose flour-1 cup

UnSalted Butter-1/2 cup 

Milk – 1/ cup(Instead of eggs I used ½ cup milk)

Brown sugar-1/4 cup

White sugar-1/4 cup

 Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp

 Baking powder-1/2 tsp

For Topping:

Butter-1/2 cup

White sugar-1/4 cup

Brown sugar-1/4 cup

Honey-1/3 cup

Sliced almonds-1/2 cup 

Cinnamon powder-1/2 tsp

Pitted dates-8to10

  Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C Grease cake  pan or line with parchment paper.I used parchment Paper.

2. Beat the, white sugar, brown sugar,milk and vanilla together until light and fluffy. 

 

3.Gently pour in the melted butter and whisk until well combined.

4. Sift all-purpose flour, salt and baking powder right into the bowl. Mix well to combine.

5. Pour into the prepared pan and bake 10 minutes.

6. While cake is baking prepare the topping. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.

7.Add the sugars, honey, almonds, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

8. Pour the topping gently on the cake and return the cake to the oven. Bake for another 15-20 minutes or until completely baked.

9. While pouring the syrup on the cake, start from the sides and pour slowly. The syrup will be still bubbling, but it will thicken once cooled.

10.Let the cake cool in the pan completely before removing it out of the pan.Serve it with tea/ coffee

Vegetable Smoothie

Vegetable Smoothies are one of the highly nutritious drinks. It should be considered a goldmine of natural vitamins and nutrients and can provide us with the same energy that a whole meal can provide. we can drink a glass of smoothies as an alternative to our meal or breakfast. It will help us to lose or maintain weight.

 

Ingredients:

Carrot-1

Tomatoes-2

Beetroot-1

Ginger-1

Lime-1 tsp

Honey- 1tbsp

Or Sprinkle roasted and ground cumin powder. Pepper powder and a pinch of salt if you wish.

 

Method: Wash and cut all the vegetables in small pieces. Blend all in a juicer with or without ice cubes.  Taste and adjust water consistency, Garnish with black pepper, cumin powder or dried herbs. Drink! A blushing smoothie is ready for a healthy start of your day:)

Instead of tomato  we can replace with apple, orange or cucumber As per availability!