Food For the Gods
Nov 18
It’s that time of the year when I plan the baked goodies that I plan to give as gifts to my friends. Food for the Gods is such a delightful recipe to bake during the holidays when one doesn’t have the time to bake Fruit Cake. It entails less preparation and baking time. It’s the perfect dessert to prepare beforehand. Baked with a delightful blend of dates and walnuts, molasses, tinge of brandy and cinnamon, the taste is reminiscent of fruit cake sans the fruit glaze. You should try it. It’s simple to bake. Your kitchen will also emit holiday aroma that gives you more reason to keep baking and baking.
Here is my recipe to start you off baking a dessert fit even for gods.
Ingredients
4 tablespoons Brandy
1 cup dates, cut in strips
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/3 cup butter
2 tablespoons molasses
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons Honey
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
Procedure
1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Grease square pan
3. Combine dates. nuts, and 2 tablespoons brandy. Set aside.
(Dates and walnuts are blended with the 2 Tablespoons of brandy)
4. Cream butter until fluffy.
5. Add sugar, molasses, and honey gradually.
6. Add eggs one at a time and continue beating.
7. Blend in 2 tablespoons brandy. (Lauren wanted to add more brandy but it might make the batter too bitter.)
8. Sift together flour, cinnamon and baking powder.
9 Add to creamed mixture.
10. Fold in dates and nuts. Blend well.
11. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. (Bake only until a wooden toothpick inserted about one inch from side of pan comes out with a moist crumb. The center will often see, unbaked but it will be firm upon cooling.)
(Freshly baked food for the gods)
12. When cool, cut into bars.
13. Wrap in cellophane.
Don’t they look like gold bars?
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do you have the sylvanas recipe?
what u mean by date in the recipe of food for the gods? and brandy the liquor u mean we should add?
Hi, I tried your recipe. But my food for the gods didn’t have a cake-like consistency. I think it was too moist. I tried putting it a little longer in the oven but it didn’t help. I was thinking that I needed to add more flour. Am I right? Or what did I do wrong?
It could be really moist, you can also put pecan nuts, its the best
do you have the recipe for pecan tarts?
does anyone have the recipe for pecan tarts? thanks.
dose the peice hair hanging from the fruit cake part of the recipe if so what kind of hair is it?
that’s fiber from the dates…not hair
Love ko Food For The Gods coz of the nuts!! yumm!
i don’t like dates..can I replace it maybe with almonds or macadamias? or what about cherries or raisins? will that be ok?
food for the gods has some fruit in it. Replace dates with raisins or cherries.
hi, do u have recipe for Sans rival or sylvannas???please??:D
how many calories in one bar?
i baked mine at 170C for 30 min .. the upper part of smelled burnt but the middle wasn’t baked yet.. how come? what should i do? pls help me
hi! pls help! I baked mine at 170C for 30 min in 9×13 pan.. the top part looked burnt but the middle area wasn’t baked..
hi! im looking for the following recipes:
1. the flat round cheese pie sold in Select Magallanes
2. maja pandan
3. Becky’s kitchen’s Greek cookies
can u please feature them?