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Queen Elizabeth Cake (Date Cake with Broiled Coconut Topping)
One serving has 330 kcal and 4 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (24%) and copper (22%). Ready in 75 minutes.
- Preparation: 30 min
- Cooking: 45 min
- Makes: 1 serving (102 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten, nut
Ingredients
- 15 g Dates, pitted and chopped
- 0.4 g Baking soda
- 21 g Boiling water
- 5 g Butter, softened (for the cake)
- 16.5 g Sugar
- 4.2 g Egg
- 0.4 g Vanilla extract
- 16 g Plain flour
- 0.3 g Baking powder
- 0.1 g Salt
- 4.2 g Walnuts, chopped
- 6 g Brown sugar (for the topping)
- 3.8 g Butter (for the topping)
- 3.8 g Whipping cream (for the topping)
- 5 g Desiccated coconut (for the topping)
Method
- Put the dates in a bowl, sprinkle over the baking soda and pour over the boiling water. Leave them for 15-20 minutes to soften; the water will foam a little.
- Heat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Butter a 23 cm square cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
- Beat the butter for the cake with the sugar until well mixed, then beat in the egg and vanilla. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt, and stir them in, alternating with the dates and their water, until just combined. Fold in the walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35-40 minutes, until the cake is risen and a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean.
- Near the end, make the topping: put the brown sugar, the butter and the cream for the topping in a small pan, bring them to the boil and let them bubble for 3 minutes, stirring. Stir in the coconut.
- Spread the topping over the hot cake and put it under a hot grill (broiler), about 12 cm from the heat, for 2-3 minutes, until bubbling and golden. Watch it all the time: it burns quickly.
- Leave the cake to cool in the tin, then cut it into 12 squares. Makes 12 squares; the amounts are for one serving, so multiply every ingredient by 12 for the whole cake.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 330 kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 47.9 g | |
| Water | 33.5 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.5 g | 9% |
| Protein | 3.6 g | 8% |
| Tryptophan | 0.04 g | |
| Threonine | 0.12 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.14 g | |
| Leucine | 0.26 g | |
| Lysine | 0.13 g | |
| Methionine | 0.07 g | |
| Cystine | 0.07 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.17 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.11 g | |
| Valine | 0.18 g | |
| Histidine | 0.08 g | |
| Fat | 15.1 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 3.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.5 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2 g | |
| Saturated | 8.6 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.05 g | |
| Cholesterol | 38.8 mg | |
| Calcium | 52.3 mg | 5% |
| Copper | 0.2 mg | 22% |
| Iron | 1.3 mg | 7% |
| Magnesium | 24.6 mg | 8% |
| Manganese | 0.44 mg | 24% |
| Phosphorus | 94.1 mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 188 mg | 4% |
| Selenium | 8.2 µg | 15% |
| Sodium | 185 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.49 mg | 6% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.15 mg | 14% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.13 mg | 12% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.3 mg | 9% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.36 mg | 7% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.09 mg | 7% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 38.5 µg | 10% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.06 µg | 3% |
| Choline | 19 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 83.6 µg | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 0.15 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 5.8 IU | 1% |
| Vitamin E | 0.37 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin K | 1.3 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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