Moist chocolate and date cake

Name: Moist chocolate and date cake
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 0 serving
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 250.00 ml water boiled; 250.00 g dates pitted and finely chopped; 500.00 ml flour cake; 50.00 ml cocoa powder; 5.00 ml Bicarbonate of soda; salt pinch; 250.00 ml yellow sugar; 250.00 ml mayonnaise; 5.00 ml vanilla essence

0 serving Cooking: 55 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (9)

250.00 ml	water — boiled
250.00 g	dates — pitted and finely chopped
500.00 ml	flour — cake
50.00 ml	cocoa powder
5.00 ml	Bicarbonate of soda
	salt — pinch
250.00 ml	yellow sugar
250.00 ml	mayonnaise
5.00 ml	vanilla — essence

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 190 ºC (375 ºF). Grease a 22 x 22 x 5 cm cake tin with non-stick spray or grease well.
Pour the boiling water over the dates and cool.
Sift the cake flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt together. Add the sugar and mix. Make a hollow in the flour mixture and add the mayonnaise, vanilla essence and cooled date mixture. Stir until just blended.
Turn into the prepared cake tin and bake for 45 to 55 minutes in the centre of the oven until done and firm on top.
Cool before turning out carefully. Cut into squares and serve with cream.
Makes 16 large or 32 small squares.