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  • Date and Cherry Dry Cake
  • Date and Cherry Dry Cake
  • Date and Cherry Dry Cake

Date and Cherry Dry Cake

Date and Cherry Dry Cake is a moist, buttery tea-time cake made with sweet date puree and a hidden layer of Rich’s Nufill Dark Cherry, topped with a crisp golden crumble. Finished with a nutty milk compound glaze, piped Rich’s Bettercreme, dark cherries and chocolate curls, this cake combines rich, fruity and nutty flavours in every slice.

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SERVES 10

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COOKING TIME

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DIFFICULTY Medium

  1. CRUMBLE
  2. 100 g Sugar
  3. 100 g Flour
  4. 80 g Melted Butter
  5. 2 ml Vanilla Essence
  7. DATE DRY CAKE
  8. 100 g Rich's Nufill Dark Cherry
  9. 225 g Flour
  10. 15 g Almond Powder
  11. 236 g Sugar
  12. 5 g Baking Powder
  13. 236 g Eggs
  14. 236 g Butter
  15. 50 g Date Puree
  17. NUTTY GLAZE
  18. 100 g Milk Compound
  19. 10 ml Oil
  20. 100 g Chopped Nuts
  22. DECORATING
  23. 200 g Rich's Bettercreme
  24. 100 g Rich's Nufill Dark Cherry (or Fresh Dark Cherry)
  25. 50 g Chocolate Curls
  1. CRUMBLE
  2. Sieve the flour and sugar, then add vanilla essence.
  3. Add the melted butter and mix together until just combined.
  4. Keep aside for further application.
  6. DATE DRY CAKE
  7. Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy in a whipping machine bowl.
  8. Add eggs & mix properly until the sugar dissolves completely.
  9. Sieve flour, almond powder and baking powder.
  10. Fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture and add date puree. Mix until a smooth, lump-free batter forms.
  11. Pour the batter into greased & lined baking moulds & place Rich's Nufill Dark Cherry in the centre.
  12. Cover the cherry filling with the remaining batter and sprinkle crumble on top. Bake at 180°C for 45 mins or until done.
  13. Demould the dry cake & keep aside to cool down completely.
  15. NUTTY GLAZE
  16. Melt milk compound, add oil and mix properly.
  17. Fold in chopped nuts and mix properly.
  19. DECORATING
  20. Drizzle nutty glaze over the cooled dry cake.
  21. Pipe whipped Rich's Bettercreme on the dry cake.
  22. Place Rich's Nufill Dark Cherry and decorate with chocolate curls.

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