Date and Apple Cake - Rouba Shahin Middle Eastern Cooking

Ingredients

• 150 grams chopped dried dates
• ⅔ cup 150ml orange juice
• 250 grams unsalted butter softened
• 1 ¾ cup 280 grams brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups 280 grams self-raising flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 small red apple skin on, cored and grated
• 250 grams cream cheese softened
• 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon orange blossom water
• ½ tsp ground cardamom optional but yum
• 3 small red apples skin on, diced
• ½ tablespoon rose water
• 1 tablespoon water