Chocolate-Date Cake with Chocolate Sticky Toffee Glaze

Chocolate-Date Cake with Chocolate Sticky Toffee Glaze might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. For 94 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 282 calories. This recipe serves 21. 15 people have tried and liked this recipe. It is brought to you by Foodista. If you have strong-brewed coffee, medjool dates, brandy, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 31%, this dish is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Sticky Date Pudding with Toffee Sauce, Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Pudding, and Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Servings: 21

 

Ingredients:

230 gr. (about 1 cup) water

330 gr. (11,6 ounces) whole Medjool dates, pitted, plus 4 more, pitted and halved, for garnish

100 gr. (3,6 ounces) chopped Medjool dates

3 tablespoons brandy + 1 tablespoon rum

2 tablespoons strong-brewed coffee

4 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

200 gr (1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more

130 gr. (9 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan

120 gr. (4,3 ounces)) packed dark-brown sugar

3 large eggs

1 teaspoons baking soda

110 gr. (5 ounces) bittersweet chocolate (66% cacao), coarsely chopped

50 gr. (3 1/2 tablespoons) unsalted butter

60 gr. (full 1/4 cup) packed dark-brown sugar

1 tablespoon water

Pinch of salt

80 gr. (1/3 cup) cream

100 gr. (3,6 ounces) bittersweet chocolate (66% cacao), finely chopped

2 tablespoons brandy

Equipment:

cake form

oven

sauce pan

bowl

food processor

blender

whisk

frying pan

toothpicks

wire rack

knife

Cooking instruction summary:

Make the cake: Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) degrees. Butter a 21 cm (8,3 or 9 inch) round cake pan. Line with parchment, and butter. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Meanwhile, combine dates, brandy, coffee, and 2 tablespoons cocoa in a heatproof bowl. Stir in boiling water. Let cool, stirring occasionally. Puree cooled date mixture in a food processor (you should have about 2 1/2 cups). Place puree in a large bowl. Whisk flour, salt, cinnamon, and remaining 2 tablespoons cocoa in a bowl. Beat butter and dark-brown sugar with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition (batter will look curdled). Stir baking soda into reserved uncovered date puree. On low speed, beat flour mixture into egg mixture in 2 additions, alternating with the date mixture. Beat in chocolate and chopped dates. Transfer batter to prepared pan, and smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Run a knife around edge of pan to loosen, and invert cake onto rack. Remove parchment, turn cake right side up, and let cool completely. (Cake can be wrapped in plastic and stored at room temperature for up to 2 days.) Make the glaze: Bring butter, dark-brown sugar, water, and salt to a boil in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk in cream. Add chocolate, and whisk until smooth. Whisk in brandy. Let cool until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Place cake on stand and pour glaze over top, letting some drip down sides. Garnish with halved dates.

 

Step by step:

Make the cake

1. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) degrees. Butter a 21 cm (8,3 or 9 inch) round cake pan. Line with parchment, and butter.

2. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Meanwhile, combine dates, brandy, coffee, and 2 tablespoons cocoa in a heatproof bowl. Stir in boiling water.

3. Let cool, stirring occasionally. Puree cooled date mixture in a food processor (you should have about 2 1/2 cups).

4. Place puree in a large bowl.

5. Whisk flour, salt, cinnamon, and remaining 2 tablespoons cocoa in a bowl. Beat butter and dark-brown sugar with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy.

6. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition (batter will look curdled). Stir baking soda into reserved uncovered date puree. On low speed, beat flour mixture into egg mixture in 2 additions, alternating with the date mixture.

7. Beat in chocolate and chopped dates.

8. Transfer batter to prepared pan, and smooth top.

9. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.

10. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Run a knife around edge of pan to loosen, and invert cake onto rack.

11. Remove parchment, turn cake right side up, and let cool completely. (Cake can be wrapped in plastic and stored at room temperature for up to 2 days.)


Make the glaze

1. Bring butter, dark-brown sugar, water, and salt to a boil in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Boil 3 minutes.

2. Remove from heat.

3. Whisk in cream.

4. Add chocolate, and whisk until smooth.

5. Whisk in brandy.

6. Let cool until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes.

7. Place cake on stand and pour glaze over top, letting some drip down sides.

8. Garnish with halved dates.


Nutrition Information:

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314 Calories
3g Protein
13g Total Fat
45g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
314k
16%

Fat
13g
21%

  Saturated Fat
8g
50%

Carbohydrates
45g
15%

  Sugar
34g
39%

Cholesterol
49mg
16%

Sodium
156mg
7%

Alcohol
1g
7%

Caffeine
12mg
4%

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Protein
3g
7%

Manganese
0.34mg
17%

Copper
0.28mg
14%

Fiber
2g
12%

Magnesium
41mg
10%

Selenium
6µg
10%

Iron
1mg
10%

Phosphorus
78mg
8%

Potassium
271mg
8%

Vitamin A
338IU
7%

Vitamin B2
0.11mg
6%

Vitamin B1
0.09mg
6%

Folate
23µg
6%

Vitamin B3
1mg
5%

Calcium
46mg
5%

Zinc
0.64mg
4%

Vitamin B6
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin B5
0.4mg
4%

Vitamin E
0.38mg
3%

Vitamin D
0.33µg
2%

Vitamin K
2µg
2%

Vitamin B12
0.1µg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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