Indian Cooking Recipe : Date Cake Ingredients : 1 ½ cup plain flour ½ cup milk 100 gms butter 1¼ cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped 1 cup boiling water ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder Method : Preheat oven to 350º Add dates, baking soda and baking powder to the boiling water. Allow it to cool. Sift flour. Beat egg. Cream butter and sugar Add egg to the butter and sugar mixture Add flour and date mixture to the butter, sugar and egg. Add milk and 1/2 the walnuts Bake in a 20 cm round tin for 60 mins at the 350ºF Remove and let it cool on a cooling cake rack. Put the remaining walnuts on the top for decoration.