Date Cake Squares from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Date Cake Squares Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Chopped dates
3/4 cup Chopped pitted prunes
1/2 cup Dark raisins
1 1/4 cup Water
8 tbsp Margarine, cut into pieces
2 each Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup All-purpose flour
5 1/2 tsp Equal "Measure"
OR
18 package Equal sweetener
1 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ground nutmeg
1/4 cup Chopped walnuts

Recipe Instructions:

DIRECTIONS:
Combine dates, prunes, raisins, and water in medium
saucepan; heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer,
uncovered, until fruit is tender and water is absorbed
about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add margarine,
stirring until melted; cool. Mix eggs and vanilla
into fruit mixture, mix in combined flour; Equal
Measure, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Spread batter evenly in greased baking dish, 11x7x2,
sprinkle with walnuts.
Bake in preheated 350F oven until cake springs back
when touched lightly, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire
rack, cut into squares. Makes 24 squares.

Nutrition Information per Square:
Calories: 117
Nutritive Values: 2 g Prot; 17 g carb; 5 g fat;
18 mg Chol;
126 mg Sodium
Diabetic Food Exchanges: 1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Bread; 1 Fat
15% calorie reduction from
traditional recipe

All Things Equal, newsletter, recipe formatted for MM
by A.Broaddus 1995

Servings: 24

“Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have the money to buy. Food is a human necessity, like water and air, it should be available.”

~ Pearl Buck (1892-1973) American Nobel Prize winning author.

 

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