Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel
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Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel. A moist, delicious, date coffee cake made even better with the addition of a buttery crumb topping that includes sweet chocolate morsels.
I served this date coffee cake at a morning office coffee break to great reviews. Even those who said that they were not fond of dates liked this cake.
That's probably because the dates are pureed and stirred into the batter. That gives it a sweet richness and adds to the moistness of the cake.
Served with some warm vanilla custard or Creme Anglaise, this would make a luscious dessert as well.
If serving it as a dessert I might just leave out the chocolate chips. Especially if you are serving it with custard.
The chocolate might just be a distraction from the flavours of date and custard which go so well together.
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Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streuse
Date Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel - a moist, delicious, date coffee cake made even better with the addition of a buttery crumb topping that includes sweet chocolate morsels.
Ingredients
For the date mixture
- 1 ¼ cups boiling water
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
For the coffee cake batter
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
For the Chocolate Chip Streusel
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 3 tablespoon soft butter
Instructions
To prepare the date mixture
- Combine the boiling water, chopped dates and baking soda.
- Set aside to cool down to almost room temperature, then mash date, water & soda mixture to a rough puree. Do not drain the water off the dates.
To prepare the coffee cake batter
- Grease and flour a 9 inch spring form pan. Line bottom with parchment paper for easy release if you like. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sift together the flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt.
- Blend in the vegetable oil, vanilla extract, eggs and prepared date mixture.
- Pour this batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle streusel topping over the batter.
To Prepare the Chocolate Chip Streusel
- Rub together all of the ingredients with your fingers until crumbly.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 -60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for about 15-20 minutes before releasing the cake from the pan.
- Cool on a wire rack or serve warm. Makes a great dessert when served warm with warm custard.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1 sliceAmount Per Serving Calories 396Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 13gCholesterol 39mgSodium 264mgCarbohydrates 54gFiber 2gSugar 34gProtein 4g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
I have made this recipe since the 70's.. was handed down by my step-grandmother and we called in Milwaukee Date Cake. Ingredients are alittle different, but not by much...
Would prunes work as well as dates?
Cooked and mashed you mean. It might. Worth a try.
Made this coffee cake. Easy to make and drlcious! This is a keeper in my recipe repertoire! I give this recipe 5 stars
OK, Barry....I have wanted to make this cake for ever and ever, but frankly thought the recipe and directions were a bit unconventional. This year, however, I had a surplus of dates after Ramadan and had to give it a try. INCREDIBLE........ Doesn't even begin to describe this concoction from heaven! I healthified it to my own taste...using whole wheat flour, a third of the brown sugar called for, 1/3 cup coconut oil, and a 1/3 cup applesauce (unsweetened). In the topping, I used 1TBS brown sugar and 1/4 cup chopped walnuts. The dates and chch are plenty sweet, naturally. This is really sublime! Thank you!!!
Excellent! To cut baking time I made this recipe as cupcakes, baked in greased/floured muffin tins. Baked for 20 minutes. Made 14 cupcakes that were delicious with a delicate crumb. Thanks for another keeper recipe!
What a terrific idea!