Healthier Date Walnut Cake

Don't sleep on this one! It uses only whole wheat flour and no refined sugar making this super moist cake an easy  and delicious choice.

Ingredients:

25 pitted dates

1 1/2 cups hot milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

sprinkle of cinnamon

First soak the dates in hot milk for 1 hour.

Whisk the whole wheat flour, baking powder and baking soda together. Set aside.

Purée the dates and milk in a blender or food processor then add the oil and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients.

Pour batter into a parchment lined and oiled 6" springform pan. Top with chopped walnuts and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Bake at 350°F for 50-55 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely before removing the ring and paper.  

Serves 6-8

Adapted from: iamtarneet

Follow hotandcoldrunningmom on Pinterest. You can scan the pincode seen here with your phone if you're on a desktop. If you're on a phone just screenshot it, go to the Pinterest app, click camera. Then instead of taking a pic use the option to use one of your photos. Click on the screenshot you just took and go right to my Pinterest profile where you can follow me 🙂