Name: Coconut and date molasses cake with cardamom spiced icing
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 170g of date molasses, ideally Bangladeshi morcha gur; 200g of plain flour; 50g of desiccated coconut; 175g of unsalted butter; 50ml of whole milk; 3 medium eggs; 3 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100g of salted butter, at room temperature; 100g of cream cheese, full-fat; 50g of icing sugar; 1/2 tsp ground cardamom; 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 20g of coconut flakes, to decorate

Coconut and date molasses cake with cardamom spiced icing

by Dina Begum

Ingredients

Speciality Ingredients

170g of date molasses, ideally Bangladeshi morcha gur

Dairy

175g of unsalted butter
50ml of whole milk
100g of salted butter, at room temperature

Bakery

3 tsp baking powder

Cheese

100g of cream cheese, full-fat

Spices & Dried Herbs

1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon