When life gives you dates (during a 14-day quarantine), what else is there to do but bake a date walnut cake. A friend received these vacuum-packed dates and didn’t know what to do with them so she gave them to me. And now, I’m regifting the recipe to you. You’re welcome. ... This recipe was adapted from the date walnut cake from allrecipes.com but I tweaked the ingredients a bit - replacing the white sugar with coco sugar and adding in less raisins. ... DATE WALNUT CAKE 1 1/2 cups water 3/4 cup raisins 3/4 cup dates, pitted and chopped 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup coconut palm sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt ... 1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C) and flour a 9-inch square pan or a 9-inch round pan. 2. In a saucepan, combine water and raisins. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in chopped dates and baking soda. Set aside. 3. Cream together butter and coconut plan sugar until light fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time and beat in slowly. Add the flour, salt and date mixture. Pour into the pan. 4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check if it’s ready. If it comes out clean, it is. Remove from oven and set oven to broil or grill. (Just the heat on top) ... For the glaze: 4 Tbsp butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp heavy cream 1/2 cup chopped walnuts ... 5. Make topping: in a saucepan, melt butter, stir in brown sugar, cream and chopped walnuts. 6. Spread over warm cake and place under broiler until lightly browned, about 3 mins. Cool before serving. ... Prep: 15 mins Cook: 45 mins Total: 1 hour Servings: 12 ... #TravelswithaGourmet #TWAGcooking #yum #TasteDubai #FoodieDubai https://www.instagram.com/p/B93rQr5HSEW/?igshid=oqmf94lqdcbd