Beer and Date Coffee Cake

Name: Beer and Date Coffee Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 1 10inch 12cup tube pan
Ingredients: 16 ounces brown sugar (2 cups packed); 8 ounces butter, softened; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon allspice; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 12 ounces all-purpose flour (3 cups sifted); 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 ounces chopped pecans or 4 ounces walnuts (1 cup); 1 lb chopped dates (about 2 cups); 2 cups dark beer; powdered sugar

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Recipe by mianbao

I thought this cake was very good, but then, I'm a date-lover. The cake is spicy, though not overpowering in my opinion. The texture of the cake is fairly light. Credit goes to the Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking.

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READY IN: 1hr 35mins

YIELD: 1 10inch 12cup tube pan

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

16

ounces brown sugar (2 cups packed)
8

ounces butter, softened
2

eggs
1

teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₂

teaspoon allspice
¹⁄₂

teaspoon ground cloves
12

ounces all-purpose flour (3 cups sifted)
2

teaspoons baking soda
¹⁄₂

teaspoon salt
4

ounces chopped pecans or 4 ounces walnuts (1 cup)
1

lb chopped dates (about 2 cups)
2

cups dark beer
powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS

Grease a 10-inch tube pan; line with waxed paper and grease again.
If you don’t line the pan, you may never get the cake out.
Beat brown sugar and butter together well.
Add the eggs, beating well after each one.
Sift cinnamon, allspice, cloves, flour, baking soda and salt together.
Use a small amount of the flour mixture to dust the walnuts and dates.
Add remaining flour mixture to the creamed mixture, alternately with the beer, blending well after each addition.
Stir in the walnuts and dates.
Spoon batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated 350º oven for 1¼ hours or until cake tester comes out clean.
Let stand 10 minutes, invert onto a wire rack; carefully peel off paper.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and place on a serving plate.

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