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terrorgore in vegancooking

Libyan spice cake

Nov 12, 2011 18:06

My mum and I made safra, a date & spice cake from Libya recently. It is pretty much one of my favouritest sweet things ever. Mejdool dates! Oh! Come to my arms!

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fruits-dates, desserts-cakes-spice cake, ethnic food-arabic

Comments 9

norton_gale November 12 2011, 05:20:40 UTC

Let the cake sit for at least 6 hours before eating.

That's probably the most difficult part of this recipe! :)

Sounds good, will try. Thanks for posting.

terrorgore November 12 2011, 05:25:38 UTC

Heh, it truly is - but the syrup takes a while to totally soak in. It does, however, make it squishy & delicious for days & weeks to come :)

simplychristina November 12 2011, 06:07:43 UTC

Mmmm...Medjool dates. We got a huge box in at work last year one time and my boss let me take most of them home. It was heavenly.

This looks really good.

terrorgore November 12 2011, 08:11:21 UTC

Score! I like eating them with an almond or walnut wrapped up inside. Some places in the Mid East I've been able to pick them off the tree, sun dried!

girl_in_blue November 12 2011, 10:00:09 UTC

this looks amazing!

megamuphen November 12 2011, 14:46:58 UTC

Thanks for posting, I had forgotten about your zine and meant to buy it before! :-)

terrorgore November 13 2011, 08:02:45 UTC

I sent it to you now, thanks heaps for ordering! :)

surrealestate November 12 2011, 15:43:34 UTC

Those look like Marcona almonds, too! That cakes look yummy AND expensive. Mmm...

What size cake tin is this recipe for?

terrorgore November 13 2011, 08:02:23 UTC

Yeah, that's why cooking with Mum was good - she paid for all the dates! :)

The recipe is for a giant sized cake tin, more like an oven dish honestly. For an average-sized cake tin you can halve the ingredients - what we did this time.