Queen Elizabeth Cake
Ingredients
- ¼ c butter
- ¼ c brown sugar
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 egg
- ¼ c maple syrup
- ¼ c apple sauce
- 1½ c flour (used a mixture of mostly whole wheat,with about 2T ground flax seed)
- 1½ t baking powder
- 1 t soda
- 1 c dates, cut up
- ¾ c boiling water
- Topping
- 5T br sugar or maple syrup
- 3T butter
- ½ c unsweetened shredded coconut
- 2T cream or milk
Instructions
- Prep 9" pan
- Pour water over dates and let sit
- Combine flour, b powder, soda
- Cream butter, sugar, vanilla
- Beat in egg, maple syrup, apple sauce and date mixture
- Add flour mix, mix well
- Bake 325 for 35 min
- Remove from oven add topping which has been boiled for 3 min (5 min if using the syrup)
- Place under broiler til brown - watch closely