Carrot Cake with Dates - recipe with photo

Carrot Cake with Dates

A moist, juicy and incredibly tender dessert. Thanks to the dates, the dish acquires a special aroma and taste. Refined olive oil is used in the recipe, but sunflower oil can also be used. This amount of ingredients will be enough for 6-8 servings.

Total cooking time
not set
Number of servings
6
Recipe difficulty
3 / 5

Ingredients

for 6 servings

  • vegetable oil 150 ml
  • sugar 130-150 g
  • vanilla sugar 10 g
  • eggs 3
  • carrot 200 g
  • dates 250 g
  • baking powder 10 g
  • flour 300-350 g

Instructions

Step 1 of 11

Grate the carrot on a fine grater.

Step 2 of 11

Remove the pits from the dates and chop them.

Step 3 of 11

Mix the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar.

Step 4 of 11

Beat for 5–7 minutes.

Step 5 of 11

Pour in the oil.

Step 6 of 11

Mix.

Step 7 of 11

Add the chopped dates and carrot.

Step 8 of 11

Mix.

Step 9 of 11

Stir in the flour and baking powder.

Step 10 of 11

Mix.

Step 11 of 11

Prepare a baking pan (the author used size 25x10 and height 7 cm), greasing it with oil or lining it with parchment. Transfer the batter into the pan. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 40–45 minutes.