Cherry-date-apple Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 375 ml maraschino cherries, in heavy syrup
• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1 -2 medium apple
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
• 1/4 cup dried apricot (optional)
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup oil (i used olive oil)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 drain the cherries & keep the syrup aside.
• 2 mix cherries, dates, walnuts (coarsely chopped), apple (finely chopped), apricots (finely chopped) in a bowl.
• 3 in another bowl add oil, eggs, orange juice, 1/2 cup cherry syrup (drained from cherries)& sugar.
• 4 beat for 2-4 minutes
• 5 add vanilla essence, salt & flour & mix slowly.
• 6 add baking powder & baking soda.
• 7 add the cherry- date mix.
• 8 pour in a greased baking dish & bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 degree fahrenheit for 40-45 minutes.