Pumpkin Seed Date Cake with caramelized pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed oil, farina and whole wheat flour, sweetened with dates; an Autumn classic.
Course Cakes
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword Pumpkin Seed Date Cake
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 10servings
Equipment
9-inch Springform pan
Ingredients
Cake
1 1/2cupsFarina (Cream of Wheat Cereal)
1 1/2cupsWhole Wheat Flour
1/2cupSugar
1tspBaking powder
1/2tspBaking soda
1/3cupToasted Pumpkin Seed Oil or olive oil
3tbspButter melted and cooled
1cupOrange Juice plus zest
1/2tspOrange Blossom Water
3Large Eggs
Date Filling
2cupsPitted Dates
2tbspPumpkin Seed Oil
1/4cupOrange juice
2tspCinnamon
1/4tspCloves
1/4tspNutmeg
1/2tspZest of Orange
Drizzle
1/4cupDate Syrup agave or honey
1tbspOrange juice
Caramelized Pumpkin Seeds
1/3cupRaw Pumpkin Seeds
1tbspSugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Prepare a spring-form pan with non-stick spray.
Cake
Mix the dry ingredients of the cake in one bowl. Mix the wet ingredients in a larger bowl. Slowly whisk the dry ingredients into the wet and set aside.
Date Filling
Puree the Date filling ingredients in a food processor, and set aside.
Place half of the cake batter mixture into the prepared baking pan. Spread evenly.
Pour the date filling on top of the cake batter. Spread evenly.
Pour the remainder of the cake batter on top of the filling, and spread evenly.
Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 35 – 45 minutes depending on the size of your pan.
Drizzle and Pumpkin Seed Topping
While the cake is baking, mix the drizzle ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Caramelize the pumpkin seeds in a warm pan with the sugar, tossing with a watchful eye just until the sugar melts and caramelizes the seeds into a toffee. Transfer the caramelized seeds to a plate or parchment paper, to cool.
Once the cake is baked and cooled, remove it from the spring-form pan and onto a serving plate.
Drizzle the date syrup mixture across the top and let it run down the sides.
Finish the cake with the caramelized seeds sprinkled across the top of the cake.