Queen Elizabeth Cake
A delicious cake is also easy to make, no wonder Queen Elizabeth even liked it.
Yield
16 servingsPrep
15 minCook
40 minReady
2½ hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
dates
chopped |
|
| 1 | cup |
water
boiling |
|
| 1 | teaspoon | baking soda |
|
| ¼ | cup |
butter
at room temperature |
|
| 1 | cup | sugar |
|
| 1 | teaspoon | vanilla extract |
|
| 1 ½ | cups | all-purpose flour |
|
| 1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
|
| ¼ | teaspoon | salt |
|
| ½ | cup |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| Topping | |||
| 4 | teaspoons | butter |
|
| ½ | cup | brown sugar |
*
|
| 3 | teaspoons | cream |
|
| ½ | cup |
coconut
sweetened, shredded |
*
|
Directions
Lightly grease 8-inch square baking pan.
For cake:
Combine dates, boiling water and baking soda in bowl until well blended.
In separate larger bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.
In third bowl sift together, flour, baking powder and salt.
Add date mixture and flour mixture alternately in two batches to butter mixture. Stir in walnuts if using. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) F oven 30 minutes.
While cake is baking, make topping.
In small saucepan, melt butter, brown sugar and cream; bring boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in coconut. Spread over warm cake.
Preheat broiler; broil cake until topping is bubbly, watching constantly to keep from burning. Cool; cut into squares.
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