as requested by Francine , who asked for the recipe from my christmas goodies post, here's a food for the god's recipe i gave away last christmas. and do feel free to make a bit of tweaking to suit your taste... it gets better! :) enjoy!
Ingredients:
2.5 cups pitted dates
2.0 cups walnuts
3 tsp baking powder (Aunt Marys' yellow)
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
2 cups Plain flour
4 Eggs (800 grams) OR 5 (600 grams) small eggs
1 unsalted butter. 250 grams
1.5 cups water
1 3/4 sugar caster
Procedure:
1. Cut pitted dates into half to make up the 2.5 cups
2. Cut walnuts to make up the 2 cups
3. boil pitted dates into a low fire, add 1.5 cups of water, stop mo pag kumukulu na.
4. After kulo, add bicarbonate. Set aside
5. Strain the flour, then add the baking powder. Set Aside.
6. Pre heat ur oven, 160 deg Fan Forced oven or 180 deg for conventional oven
6. Mix butter and sugar using a mixer, then add egg one by one. Stop ka pag naging light and fluffy na yun mix mo..
7. Then mix all together. (butter, sugar, egg) (Boiled pitted dates) (Walnuts) (flour)
8. Do not overmix it. Then put it into a baking tin.
9. Oven for 30 mins, do not open your oven within this 30 mins.
10. After 30 mins, check mo using a bbq stick kung may dumidikit sa stick, pag wala na ok na yan, pero pag meron pang dumidikit sa stick mo, another 5-10 mins pa..
This measurement is for one rectangular baking tin.
happy baking
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