175 g walnuts |
Preheat oven to 180C grease and line an 8-inch cake tin Chop the walnuts coarsely |
200 g dried dates 50 g tamarind paste 300 ml water |
Chop the dates Put the water and tamarind paste in a pan bring to boil Boil for 1 minute then allow to cool |
250 g butter 150 g dark brown sugar |
mix in the butter and sugar |
2 eggs |
beat in the eggs |
275 g flour 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda |
mox the flour and bicarbonate, then add them add the walnuts Put into cake tin Cook for 1 hour allow to cool |
8 pods cardamom |
take the seeds from the cardomom pods grind the seeds |
150 g icing sugar 1/2 lemon juice |
mix with icing sugar add lemon juice add a little more water if necessary drizzle over the cake |