Cakes

Peace at home

From
Hulda
Oven
180 °C180 °C (350 °F)

Ingredients

  • 420 g plain flour15 oz plain flour
  • 270 g rolled oats10 oz rolled oats
  • 630 g sugar1½ lb sugar
  • 1 packet dates, chopped (The author left empty brackets after 'packet', probably to fill in the weight later.)
  • 600 g butter, melted1¼ lb butter, melted
  • 3 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 dl milk½ cup milk
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C and grease a deep baking tray (traybake tin).Heat the oven to 350 °F and grease a deep baking tray (traybake tin).
  2. Chop the dates and let them soften in the hot melted butter.
  3. Mix everything together.
  4. Spread the mixture in the tray.
  5. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes on the second-lowest shelf.Bake at 350 °F for 30 minutes on the second-lowest shelf.

Notes

  • Use the K-beater (flat paddle) on the stand mixer, not the whisk.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Heimilisfriður
(Hulda)
420gr. hveiti — 270gr. haframjöl 630gr. sykur — 1pk( ) döðlur 600gr. br. smjör — 3tsk. natron 3egg — 1dl. mjólk — 3tsk. Vanilludr.
Döðlur mýktar í smjörinu, öllu bl. saman. Sett í skúffumót ?? Bakist í 30 min. 180°c í næst neðstu Rim. (einf. (or þykktin) á hæðina.)