Queen Elizabeth 2 Cake
Created by dienia b on July 21, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #20275
Ingredients
- FROSTING
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons cream
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- CAKE
- 1 cup water (boiling)
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Step 2: Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan.
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Step 3: Pour one cup of boiling water over one cup of chopped dates and one tsp. baking soda.
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Step 4: Let stand while the following are mixed.
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Step 5: Beat 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter and one cup sugar until smooth.
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Step 6: Add two eggs, one at a time. Add 1 tsp. vanilla.
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Step 7: Mix 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour with one tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt and add to butter-sugar mixture. Blend until just combined.
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Step 8: Mix in nut and dates including the date water.
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Step 9: Pour in pan and bake for 25 minutes
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FOR THE FROSTING
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Step 10: Boil the sugar, cream and butter together for 3 minutes. Mix in nuts and coconut. Spread on cake
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (212.1 g)
- Calories 641.2
- Total Fat - 29 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.7 g
- Cholesterol - 120 mg
- Sodium - 575.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 91.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.1 g
- Sugars - 62.2 g
- Protein - 8.4 g
- Calcium - 56 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg