Can I use dried dates instead of fresh ones for baking a cake? The dates should build the base of the cake
I have a cake recipe, which is based on a mixture of 250 g dates and 200 g almonds, which is mixed in the end. Can I use dried dates instead of fresh ones?
The full recipe is, for 10-12 pieces:
6 eggs, separated
200 g almonds
250 g dates (without seeds)
200 ml water
40 g cocoa
Heat the oven at 175 °C
Beat the egg yolk and egg white separately. Crush the almonds to powder; give dates, water egg yolk and cocoa into and mix it. Gently fold the egg white in.
Bake it for about 20 minutes.
The recipe is named "Klitschkuchen" in Germany, which roughly means "very wet cake", but unfortunately I don't know a real English translation.
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Based on similar recipes for this cake, it looks like "dates" actually means "dried dates".
Here's an example with a video.
I don't speak German so I don't know what's being said but those are certainly dried dates.
So... not only can you use dried dates for this recipe, you should use dried dates!
I live in Egypt, a date-producing country, and even here we use dried dates rather than fresh ones. For one thing, they are sweeter. I would recommend chopping then soaking the dried dates in hot water for half an hour or so, to soften them. The recipe you quoted includes water: you could probably use this water.
Dates prepared in this way do make for a very moist cake: here is a typical recipe. www.thestickman.me.uk/recipes/Date%20and%20tamarind%20cake%20%28dried%20dates%29.html
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