Vegan Date Beer Cake
November 23, 2018
Do you keep beer bottles in your fridge? The Odd Fork surely does, as it is a big beer lover! So when it doesn't drink all the beers -a thing that rarely happens- it cooks with beer! Today, the Odd Fork used a Greek beer with a sweet, caramel character and the result was a fantastic beer cake. Oh, it is vegan as well!
For a medium cake like the one above:
- 200 gr. dates
- a bottle of beer (bock, stout or a Belgian dark ale)
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 & 1/2 tsp mix of: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger (all ground and in powder)
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- self-rising flour (use by hand, as much is needed)
Start by soaking the dates in beer for 3 hours minimum. Drain the dates, chop them and remove the seeds. Keep the beer! In a large bowl pour the date-flavored beer and add sugar, oil, molasses and spices, whisking until all are combined in a unified mixture. Add flour to get a smooth sticky batter, a little thinner than cookie dough.
Add dates and walnuts last mixing softly, to incorporate them into the batter. Pour the batter into a prepared pan and bake in a preheated oven, air setting, at 350C for for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let it cool for 30 - 40 minutes before cutting. It is lovely with coffee in the morning or -of course- with beer in the evening! Desserts with beer are yet to come on the Odd's Fork blog, so stay tuned!
1 comments
Wonderful accomplishments. Wish my hit and miss borders looked so goo. I think my problem is that usually (for me) it is a way to get rid of left over strips so mine looks messy. Yours has a rhythm and consistency which mine never has. Will save a copy of yours as a GOOD example of what hit and miss should look like.
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