Almond, date and walnut cake
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This is a rich and sticky cake that’s dairy and gluten free.
Ingredients
200g ground almonds.
100g sugar (I used demerara) A coarser grain will give more crunch. I use vanilla sugar.
100g of chopped walnuts.
200g chopped dates.
Zest of half a lemon.
½ teaspoon of allspice.
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
1 teaspoon of ground cardamom. . Roughly 10 pods
2 medium sized eggs.
Flaked almonds (Optional for decoration).
Recipe
1. Put all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix them up.
3. spoon the mixture into a cake tin. I use a shallow 20cm cake tin.
4. Decorate the top with flaked almonds if you want it to look nice.
5. Put in an oven for 30 minutes on a low heat. Gas mark 3.5 on my oven.
6. Leave it to rest, covered.
I recommend leaving the cake covered overnight before eating to allow the flavours to meld.