Eggless Dates Cake Recipe - Vegan Dates Cake

Published: Feb 25, 2012 · Modified: Jul 26, 2020 by Radhika · This post may contain affiliate links · 93 Comments

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Eggless Dates Cake Recipe. This also happens to be a vegan dates cake as it has no milk, butter or eggs.

This eggless dates cake has a water base and the dates are cooked in water, cooled off before the cake is baked. The cake is aromatic, moist, uses whole wheat flour and also stores and freezes well.

This eggless dates cake is a no brainer as it is very easy to remember and is just perfect for a beginner in baking.

This recipe is from my friend Jenny, who insisted that I bake this cake. She got the recipe from a TV show I guess.

This recipe is updated with new pictures. Some who had baked this cake mailed me that this cake turned out bitter and hard for them. I had baked this number of times and I never had this problem at all.

I had always baked this cake entirely with all purpose flour but this time replaced half with whole wheat flour to trouble shoot the problem as those who wrote mentioned that they had used whole wheat flour.

Eggless Dates Cake with step by step photos:

1. Take a thick bottomed pan and measure sugar into it.Add salt, cinnamon powder and chopped dates.

2. Add vegetable oil, water and mix well.

3. Place the pan on the stove and cook over medium flame, stirring continuously for the sugar to dissolve completely.When you mixture begins to boil and you see small bubbles appearing around the sides, simmer the flame completely and let it cook for 15 mins.Switch off the stove and place the pan on the counter.

4. Let the mixture cool down completely. It will take 1-½ to 2 hours for this given quantity.After it cools down it will look like caramel sauce.

5. Sieve all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda together in a mixing bowl.To the liquid base, add honey (if using) and mix well.

6. Add the sieved flour mix, little by little while mixing with a spatula.

7. Transfer the batter into the prepared pan and tap the pan gently on the counter and smoothen the top of the cake.

8. Bake at 180 C for 40 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.Let the cake rest in the pan for 5 mins and then transfer to a rack to cool completely.Slice the cake and enjoy as a snack with your cuppa.

Points to remember while baking eggless dates cake:

I always use seeded dates as they are soft and moist.
Do not cook the liquid base more than the mentioned time and always cook over low flame.
You can also add chopped walnuts to the batter and bake a dates and nut cake.
I found the cake to be moist, soft and springy when baked entirely with all purpose flour.
When replaced half with whole wheat flour, though it was a bit dense comparatively, it was still crumbly and moist.
If you are going to bake entirely with whole wheat flour, it will be too dense, if you do not mind the texture.
Before you begin to cook the base, make sure you have mixed the contents well.
If you do not mix well, the sugar will settle at the bottom and burn first which will seep into the liquid base which will make the cake to taste bitter.
Make sure that the dates is also fresh and the pack is not past the expiry date.
You can make the liquid base the day before and bake the next day after mixing in the dry ingredients if you do not have the time it takes to cool.

You may also this Vegan Banana Bread, Vegan Orange Cake, Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake, Eggless Baked Donuts and Eggless Coffee Cake.

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