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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> Australian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Butter a 9" round or square baking pan with 1 tbls butter. | 2. Place dates in saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Add baking soda, Set aside. | 3. In a bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter, the 5 tbls granualted sugar and the eggs, adding one at a time. | 4. Mix well after each egg addition. Gently fold in flour, salt and 1/2 tsp vanilla. Slowly stir in baking powder and 1/2 cup of the date cooking liquid until cake mixture resembles thick pancake batter. | 5. Discard remaining cooking liquid. Stir in dates. | 6. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350* for 30-40 minutes or until cooked in center. | 7. Make a sauce by combining 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup heavy cream, brown sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Drizzle some of the sauce over the cake as it is cooling. | 8. Serve the remainder of sauce seperately. Garnish with whipped cream.I sometimes use Cool Whip.to save fat grahams. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1	teaspoon		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
date	8	ounces	chopped	639.5646	170.165	5.5565	0.8845
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1/2	cup		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
sugar	5	tablespoons	granulated	99.9375	18.7525	3.1281	1.56
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
purpose flour	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1/2	teaspoon		6.047999999999999	0.2656	0.0013	0.0013
baking powder	1 3/4	3/4		4.2665	2.2298	0.0	0.0
butter	1/2	cup		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
heavy cream	1/2	cup		204.0	1.6440000000000001	1.704	21.648000000000003
brown sugar	1/2	cup		418.0	107.899	0.132	0.0
vanilla	1/2	teaspoon		6.047999999999999	0.2656	0.0013	0.0013
heavy cream	1	cup	whipped	204.0	1.6440000000000001	1.704	21.648000000000003

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