English Cake

Ingredients

• 15 Medjool dates
• 200 apple sauce
• 4 eggs
• 200 g butter
• 200 g flour (Type 1050)
• 1 packet baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 250 ml milk (3.5% fat)
• 150 g apricots
• 2 tbsp raisins
• 2 lemons
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar from birch sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cover dates with water and soak for 12 hours, preferably overnight. The next day drain the soaking water and finely puree the dates together with the apple sauce. Separate the eggs. Whisk butter until fluffy, add yolks one at a time while continuing to stir.

2. 2.

   Add the date mixture to the butter mixture and mix well. Combine flour with baking powder and salt. Alternately fold in milk in several steps into the batter. Beat egg whites into stiff peaks and fold them into the batter.