How to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Upside Down Date Cake

Upside Down Date Cake.

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, upside down date cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Upside Down Date Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Upside Down Date Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have upside down date cake using 15 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Upside Down Date Cake:

1. {Prepare of Syrup.
2. {Make ready 20-25 of dates.
3. {Make ready 4.5 tbsp of Unsalted butter (room temperature).
4. {Prepare 120 g of light brown sugar.
5. {Get 1 tbsp of Honey.
6. {Prepare of Juice of half a lemon.
7. {Take of Cake base.
8. {Prepare 215 g of Self raising flour.
9. {Get 3 of Eggs.
10. {Get 2.5 tsp of Baking powder.
11. {Make ready 2 tsp of Cinnamon.
12. {Prepare Pinch of salt.
13. {Take 325 g of Caster sugar.
14. {Prepare 2/3 tsp of Vanilla extract.
15. {Get 160 ml of Whole milk.

Instructions to make Upside Down Date Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
2. Make the syrup by bringing together butter, light brown sugar, honey and lemon juice to a simmer on the hob. Once simmering, reduce the heat and leave for a minute..
3. Add the syrup to the cake tin. Aim to use a tin with an attached base..
4. Cut the dates in half lengthways and remove the stone..
5. Place the dates skin side touching the syrup in concentric circles. Keep them tightly packed side by side..
6. Start making the cake mixture by adding together all the dry ingredients apart from the caster sugar in a mixing bowl..
7. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add the vanilla extract..
8. Add three quarters of the milk to the eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well..
9. Add the dry ingredients mixture in three batches to the eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well after each addition. Aim for a mixture which slowly falls off the spoon. If the mixture is too thick, add the remaining milk..
10. Add cake mixture on top of the dates and syrup..
11. Bake for 60 - 70 mins in the preheated oven (175 degrees Celsius). A skewer inserted into the middle should come out clean..
12. Leave to cool for 2 - 3 mins then turn upside down on a wire rack then serve on a plate..

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