Chocolate date cake

Name: Chocolate date cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 8

Prep

20 min

Cook

Serves

Skill

Vegetarian

Prep

20 min

Cook

Serves

Skill

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Indulge your sweet tooth with this healthy pleasure! Chocolate date cake is great enjoyed as an afternoon treat, with your favourite hot drink, or a yummy dessert to complete any meal.

Ingredients

300g silken firm tofu
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cups So Good Regular soy milk
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup pitted dates, chopped

Frosting

1 cup pitted dates, chopped
1 tbs cocoa
1/2 cup water

Nutrition per serving

Weight, measurement and temperature conversions

1068 kJ

energy kj

5.5 g

protein

0.9 g

saturated fat

6.8 g

dietary fibre

46.3 g

sugars

47 mg

sodium

Method

Place tofu, honey, brown sugar and So Good Regular in a food processor, blend until smooth.
Sift the flour and cocoa together. Fold the flour, cocoa and dates through tofu mixture, pour into greased and lined 20cm round cake tin.
Bake in a moderate oven, 180°C, for 1 hour or until cake is cooked when tested with skewer.
To prepare chocolate frosting, place dates, cocoa and water in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer covered for 2 minutes.
Blend frosting mixture in a food processor and spread over cool cake.

300g silken firm tofu
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cups So Good Regular soy milk
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup pitted dates, chopped