Saniyet Tamer (Date Cake)

A cake with a layer of dates in middle...A layer of cake, layer of dates & another layer of cake on top, almost like a sandwich.......

Ingredients:

Dough:

2 Eggs

1 cup Butter

1 cup Sugar

5 cups Flour

3/4 cup Yogurt

1 ½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

½ tsp Baking powder

Filling:

500g Dates (pitted or paste)

1 cup Walnuts (optional)

½ cup Sugar

1 Tbsp Butter

1 tsp Cinnamon

Handful of pine nuts for decoration

Mix all the dough ingredients together.  Let it rest for 10-15 min. As for the filling, chop the dates with a knife into small pieces and then mix them with the rest of the ingredients for the filling to form a compact mass. 
Grease the baking tray and dust with flour. 

Take half of the dough and roll it between 2 cling film or greaseproof papers.

Remove the top cling film & flip the dough onto the baking tray ; then remove the secong cling flim ( as it will hold the dough till you get it in the tray).

  
Repeat above with the filling. Roll the filling between 2 cling film or greaseproof papers and add it on top of the first half of the dough.

 Press it down with your fingers to stick it to the first layer.
Then, repeat the same with the second half of the dough and flop it on top of the filling in the baking tray. Press it down with your fingers.

Score the cake into rows and then diagonal lines inside the rows to form a trapezoid. Top every trapezoid with a pine nut.

Bake in a medium hot oven 350F or gas mark 5 for 30 - 40 min until golden. 

Cool and serve.