CHRISTMAS DATE AND CHOCOLATE CAKE Filed under ( Cakes and Bakes )

Christmas is just round the corner and it's time for festivities to begin, what could be better than a slice of fruit encrusted chocolate cake?, I ate mine slice by slice over steaming mugs of coffee and really let the christmas spirit take over!

• To make this cake you require-(makes two loaves)


• Butter-150gms


• Flour-2 cups


• Sugar (powdered)-2 cups


• Dates- 1 cup (very finely chopped)


• Walnuts and raisins-1/2 cup


• Chocolate- 50 gms OR Cocoa-4 tbsp


• Baking powder -2 tsp


• Eggs-2 large


• Milk (warm)- 1/2 cup


• Salt-1/4 tsp


• Vanilla essence-2 tsp


• Vinegar-1 tbsp.

Beat butter and sugar well till light and fluffy, melt chocolate in a double boiler or microwave and keep aside, combine flour and baking powder and sieve , add dates and nuts to the sieved flour along with salt. Beat eggs well, add vanilla essence, now combine butter mixture with eggs, melted chocolate/cocoa and flour, add milk and vinegar in the end.Pour into prepared loaf cake pan .Bake at 180 C for 45 minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean.

For more Cake recipes for the festive season from In love with food click here, for cookie recipes click here. I am sending this cake over to Divya's for her -Show me your Cake event and to notyet100 for her It's time to jingle again event.