Chia & Date Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups dates
• 1.5 cups water
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp agave syrup (or maple syrup)
• 1.5 cups self raising flour
• 4 tbsp butter

Steps

1. Pre-heat oven to 175 degrees celsius.
2. Remove pips from dates and roughly chop them (2 cups worth of dates).
3. Place chopped dates into a saucepan with 1.5 cups of water, baking soda and chia seeds. Let it cook on low heat until the dates have broken down and the mixture has turned into a paste.
4. In a mixing bowl add self raising flour, agave syrup, butter and the date and chia mixture. Mix well.
5. Pour into a lined cake tin (I used a 18cm diameter round tin). Bake for 30 minutes or until your cake is cooked inside.