Date and Pecan Cake

by Katrina - The Organised Housewife
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Katrina Springer

Date and Pecan Cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Baking
Cuisine: Australian

Ingredients
  

  • 125 g butter room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup plain flour sifted
  • 1 cup self raising flour sifted
  • 300 ml sour cream
  • 1/2 cup dates seeds removed, chopped
Pecan topping
  • 1/2 cup pecans chopped
  • 2 tablespoons raw or demerara sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method
 

  1. Grease and line 20cm round cake pan.
  2. Combine all pecan topping ingredients together in a small bowl.
  3. In separate bowl, beat butter, essence and sugar using electric mixer until light and fluffy
  4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just combined
  5. Stir in flours, sour cream and dates
  6. Spoon half the mixture into prepared pan
  7. Sprinkle with half the pecan topping
  8. Spoon in with remaining cake mixture
  9. Sprinkle with remaining topping, pressing down lightly
  10. Bake at 180°C for 30-40 minutes.

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