Finnish Date Cake (Taatelikakku)

Ingredients

• 130 g packaged dates
• 200 ml water
• 150 g butter
• 125 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 200 g all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 50 ml light cream or whole milk

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 150°C.

2. 2

   Grease and flour a loaf pan.

3. 3

   Place dates, water and butter in a saucepan, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes (I like to break down the dates a bit for smoother jam). Let cool.

4. 4

   Pour date mixture into a mixing bowl, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

5. 5

   Add egg, mix well.

6. 6

   Sift together flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar. Add flour mixture and cream alternately to the mix.

7. 7

   Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 75 minutes.