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• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Grease 10-cup (2.5 L) Bundt or tube pan; dust with flour. Set aside. | 2. In saucepan, bring water, dates and baking soda to boil; let cool. | 3. In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until light; beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour with baking powder; stir into butter mixture alternately with date mixture, making 2 additions of dry ingredients and 1 of date mixture. Scrape into prepared pan. Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 45 minutes. | 4. Irish Whiskey Toffee Sauce: Meanwhile, in saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in sugar until dissolved. Add cream and bring to simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly, about 5 minutes. Stir in whiskey; keep warm. | 5. While still in pan and using skewer or toothpick, poke holes all over cake; pour 1/3 cup (75 mL) warm sauce evenly over top. Bake until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. | 6. Invert cake onto platter. Poke holes all over; pour 1/3 cup (75 mL) more sauce over cake. (Make-ahead: Let cool completely. Wrap in plastic wrap; store in airtight container at room temperature for up 2 days. Cover remaining sauce and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Reheat to serve.). | 7. To serve, cut into slices; drizzle with remaining warm sauce. Serves 12. | 8. Canadian Living Magazine: March 2007. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
date	1 1/3	cups	chopped pitted	552.72	147.0588	4.802	0.7644
baking soda	2	teaspoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1	cup	softened	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	1/2	cup	granulated	159.9	30.004	5.005	2.496
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
purpose flour	2 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	2	teaspoons		4.876	2.5484	0.0	0.0
butter	3/4	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
dark brown sugar	1 1/4	cups		-	-	-	-
whipping cream	3/4	cup		262.8	2.6639999999999997	1.953	27.819000000000003
irish whiskey	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.