date & pecan cake with a citrus rind cream cheese frosting

Ingredients For date & pecan cake with a citrus rind cream cheese frosting

• FOR THE CAKE
• 250g

  pitted dates (chopped)
• 5 Tbsp

  butter (room temperature)
• 1 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 c

  boiling water
• 1

  tea bag
• 1

  egg (beaten)
• 1 c

  packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c

  seedles grapes
• 1/2 c

  instant oats
• 1/2 c

  unprocessed wheat bran (hodgson mill)
• 1/2 c

  pecans (chopped)
• 1

  green apple (grated)
• 1 1/2 c

  self raising flour
• 1 tsp

  baking powder
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• FOR THE FROSTING
• 3 1/2 oz

  cream cheese (room temperature)
• 3 Tbsp

  butter
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 1 c

  bakers sugar
• 1 c

  powder sugar
• rind of 1 orange