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date rose flat cake SIMPLE AND UNADORNED YET AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS! / By Lawrence Davis-Hollander
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confection imbued with reminiscences of the Mideast. A simple, sweet, and tasty treat that’s easy to make using no sugar or gluten. The rose water gives it a wonderful floral fragrance, although not overwhelming. Pistachio nuts are a wonderful and authentic complement to the rose. Almonds too would be authentic and you could also use pecans, walnuts, and so forth. This recipe goes nicely with tea. My son loved it.
Ingredients
½ cup rose water ⅓ cup oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 egg 1¼ cup water, milk, or soy or almond milk 1½ cups white or brown rice flour (up to ½ cup of another flour such as oat, almond, or coconut may be substituted) ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1½ cup pistachio nuts or broken almonds (or other nut meats) Approximately 2 cups pitted dates (40-45 dates)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350◦F. In a food processor, blend rose water, water, oil, and about 20 dates until smooth. Then beat in egg. Separately sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix in nuts. Fold batter gently into flour mixture and blend until smooth. Batter should be thick yet able to pour. If too stiff add a few more tablespoons of liquid. Pour into greased 9 x 9 or 8 x 8 pan. Decorate the top with the remaining dates, cut in half. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and the underside is slightly browned. © Copyright Lawrence Davis-Hollander 2015. ~ Lawrence Davis-Hollander is the author of the book Tomato: A Fresh-from-the-Vine Cookbook featuring delicious recipes for every tomato lover. Lawrence is also an ethnobotanist, garden writer, gardener, and a principal of Dandelion Gardening Arts. www.dandeliongardeningarts.com.
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