Sticky Date Pecan Cake

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I always love when a Christmas meal can have a really good dessert: something that doesn't take too much of your time but is festive and special. This cake hits all the right spots, full of seasonal flavor, and easy to make!
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INGREDIENTS
For the cakes:
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 3/4 cup toasted chopped pecans
For the sauce:
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp cognac
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp orange zest
INSTRUCTIONS
For the cakes:
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Spread pecans on a baking sheet in an even layer. Toast in oven until fragrant, 5-8 minutes. Remove from oven, cool, and chop coarsely. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars, 3-5 minutes.
Mix in the eggs until well combined.
Add the applesauce and vanilla. Scrape the bowl and mix to make sure everything is incorporated.
Sift together the dry ingredients and mix them, adding all at once. Mix until no dry streaks remain, 1 minute.
Chop the dates. To decrease the stickiness of the dates, freeze them ahead of time. Additionally, greasing a knife blade can help assist the chopping of the date.
Add the dates and pecans, mixing to incorporate.
Grease 1 10-cup Bundt pan or 8 6-ounce ramekins. Scoop batter into the pan and bake in the preheated oven until set and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 45-60 minutes (or 20-25 minutes if using individual ramekins).
For the sauce:
In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, syrup, and orange juice. Bring to a low boil over medium heat and continue to boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and add butter, cognac, vanilla, salt, and zest. Stir to melt butter.
Poke holes in the cake and slowly pour the sauce over the warm cake. Allow the liquid to soak in and continue to pour until all sauce has been used.
Serve immediately. Add a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream to each slice of cake.
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I absolutely love to watch your videos. You are real and lots of fun. I love to cook, but I'm horrible at baking. But somehow watching you bake, its giving me confidence to give it a try. 😁👍 Thank you!

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I love dates and date cakes. My Mom used to make date cakes for my birthday. 😋😋😋💚💚💚

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This looks delish and easy to make. I love your channel, look forward to your videos, and you have a great videographer.

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I loved your PSA...lol...and I totally agree!! 😂🤣😂 Great recipe!! OMG!!

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Thank you kaleb you are amazing i love the way you honor your grand ma

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This reminds me of a cake my Aunt Flossie used to make. Looks delicious.

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Love all your recipes

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I love a good bourbon soaked fruitcake. I had a very good friend that made fruitcakes with me every year. We would make them and divide the cakes between us. I would store mine in a cooled closet and would pour bourbon on top at least once a week for several months. That is a real fruitcake, please make one.

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I would love to try this Looks so yummy

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Love spending time in your kitchen

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You are so right, use everything scrape bowls etc. The amount of U-TUBER cooks/chef's that waste produce us sad. It makes me so angry.

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Looks so good!!!

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My Mom made a cake very similar to this during the holidays! Flashback - I'd almost forgotten! You're so right...this is delicious!!

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Um delicious!

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can't wait to make it for Christmas. Kaleb I love your videos, everything you make, your stories, your energy, your channel has become my favourite channel. You are great!

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I look forward to your videos every day and have had great success with your recipes. The chocolate honeycomb and peanut clusters were over the top delicious.

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iT WOULD LOOK EVEN MORE BEAUTIFULL WITH RED FRUIT, LIKE CANDIED CHERRIES. Oops, sorry about the caps. Love your recipies.

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LOVE IT😋💖👌💃🙌!!!

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The cake is looking so good!💜👍

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I want to make this

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I love that you clean off the beaters. It bugs me when I see bakers adding ingredients and they leave a bunch behind. For example, what happened to using a rubber spatula to clean out the bowls?

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Omg 😋

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Serve it with warm English custard and BOOM!

[@AlexWilliams-qf3rp]

Yum...mouth watering. You know I have made this cake minus the nuts and applesauce. I also never made the caramel sauce. But I like the way you made your sauce. Can I use Cointreau? As it has orange juice. I am going to try your recipe though still without the applesauce and nuts. But with everything else. This also looks like the pudding that the Brits make, where they light it up.. I love the mold. Perfect shape.

[@sherrienale9974]

Thank you,this sounds delicious!°...question:: is your applesauce you added unsweetened??

[@danam.8709]

Looks so goooood. I can almost smell it ! I make my own brown sugar (1C. Unsulfered molasses in 8 C. White sugar) do you see any problems using it ?

[@nitakishnani4963]

Question can I put orange liqueur instead cognac it’s look delicious good job Chef

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I hope you have a girlfriend that appreciates all this great food you make! I love trying your recipes. ❤️

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I might be wrong but I have a vague recollection that he has a husband!

[@carolorr4280]

Looks great. Looks delicious. Recipe question. In video, you use three eggs, but printed recipe says 2 eggs. Which is correct?

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Do you have a cookbook??

[@judyunterberger8137]

I understand the need for salt in food. But if all you have is salted butter is there a need to add additional ?

[@WyseGuide]

Great question! If you use salted butter there is no need to add any other salt!

[@ipekmentesh]

Is it cake flour or all purpose?