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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. * To Make Tart:. | 2. Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda over the dates. Pour the boiling water over the dates. Leave to cool. | 3. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. When the butter mixture is light and creamy, gradually beat in the egg. | 4. Sift the dry ingredients. Alternately fold the dry ingredients and the date mixture into the creamed mixture, using a metal spoon. | 5. Pour into a greased 25 cm pie dish or cake tin. | 6. Bake at 180 C (350 F) for 45 minutes until dark brown and done. | 7. Prepare the sauce and pour over the hot tart. | 8. * To Make Sauce:. | 9. Bring the sugar, water and butter to the boil. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla and brandy. Pour the warm sauce over the hot cake and leave to cool. | 10. Cut the tart into equal portions. | 11. Fill a large piping bag with 1 cup whipped fresh cream. | 12. Pipe a large curl of cream on each serving. Add a sprinkling of chopped pecan nuts. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
date	250		stoned diced	103635.0	27573.525	900.375	143.325
water	1	cup	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
bicarbonate soda	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	100			8550.0	392.85	267.15	720.0
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
flour	1 1/4	cups		722.85	158.2567	11.7512	2.8045
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
pecan	1 1/4	cups	chopped	357.9333	67.08	7.3667	7.54
sugar	3/4	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1	tablespoon		8550.0	392.85	267.15	720.0
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
brandy	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

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