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Ingredients

• 35 Dates (seedless)
• 1 3/4 cup Milk
• 30 Almonds (chopped)
• 1 1/4 cup Whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 3/4 cup Oil (canola, mazola or vegetable oil)

Instructions

1	Chop 30 dates and keep 5 dates aside(to be used in cake batter).
2	Chop remaining 5 dates and chop the almonds.
3	Make the milk hot and add the 30 chopped dates and allow them to soak for 30 minutes.
4	In a bowl, mix in the wheat flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, chopped almonds and chopped dates. Mix well.
5	Grind the dates along with the milk to a paste. In a bowl, add the oil and the dates paste. Mix well.
6	Mix in the flour mixture.
7	Mix till all ingredients blend well.
8	Preheat oven at 350 deg F(180 deg C). Pour batter in a greased loaf tin cake pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Check to see if the top is getting too browned.
9	Remove cake from oven. Cover top of cake with foil. Bake again for another 15-20 minutes till a toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
10	Cool the cake completely on a wire rack.
11	Slice the cake and serve. (Preferably, cut the cake the next day as its set properly, will not be crumbly ).