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. Whip the butter until fluffy, add the yolks one at a time while continuing to stir. Add the date mixture to the butter mixture and mix well. Combine flour with baking powder and salt. Alternately whisk in the milk in several steps into the batter. Beat the egg whites into stiff peaks and fold them into the batter.

2. 2.

   Cut the apricots into small cubes and fold in the raisins. Pour the batter into a greased pan if necessary, smooth the top, and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for about 45–50 minutes. Remove, let cool in the pan, then turn out.

3. 3.

   For the glaze squeeze the lemons, combine lemon juice with powdered birch sugar in a small pot and simmer until syrupy, then spread over the cake. Let it cool.