Date Roll (Tamer Roll) Recipe

Recipe courtesy of Rola, RolasCatering

Everyone loves date Maamoul, so why not try out a date cake? Check out Rola’s Instagram “story highlights” (link above) for more step by step photos and details.

Find our traditional maamoul recipe here.

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Date Cake (Tamer Roll)

Course

Dessert

Cuisine

Middle Eastern

Servings

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon nutmeg or cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoon mahlab
• 1 cup butter softened
• 2 eggs
• pinch of vanilla
• date/tamar mix

Course Dessert Cuisine Middle Eastern Servings Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon nutmeg or cinnamon 1 1/2 tablespoon mahlab 1 cup butter softened 2 eggs pinch of vanilla date/tamar mix

Instructions

1. Sift together the flour and baking powder
2. Add in nutmeg, mahlab, butter, eggs, vanilla and mix together
3. Roll the dough on a baking paper
4. Knead date mixture with hands until flattened and lay the flattened date mixture over the dough
5. Fold and roll together and cut off the edges
6. Bake the cake on 180C for half an hour (depending on oven)
7. Sprinkle icing sugar (powdered sugar)

   

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