Date delight

dates de-seeded 750 gm finely chipped or minced

castor sugar 1 ½ cups

butter ¾ cup

custard pdr 1 cup

maida 3 cups

baking pdr 1 level tsp

milk 3 tbsp

vanilla essence 2 tsp

sugar 1 cup

water 2 cups

cinnamon pdr ¼ tsp

salt a pinch

cream butter & sugar. Sieve the dry ingredients & mix into the creamed butter. With the help of milk, make a soft dough. Chill the dough in the fridge for an hour. Divide dough into 7 portions & roll on a floured board like a chapatti, into equal sizes. Bake at 180 deg C for 10-15 minutes. Depending on the size of your oven, bake as many as you can at a time. Let the 7 layers cool on greaseproof paper.

Cook together dates, sugar, water & cinnamon till they turn into a thick spread. Divide into 6 portions & spread on each biscuit layer , stacking them one on top of the other. Wrap them all in an aluminium foil & keep in an air tight tin for a day. The date mixture seeps into the biscuit layers & gives it a rich fruity flavour. Serve as a cake or as a dessert with thin cream poured over it.