Sri Lankan Coconut Cake - Hungry Lankan

Ingredients

• 150 g Pitted dates
• 1/2 cup hot freshly brewed tea
• 150 g All purpose flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 6 Cardamom pods
• 5 Cloves
• 340 g Kithul Treacle or Coconut treacle
• 310 g grated coconut
• 50 g Cashews cut into pieces
• 55 g Butter, cut into cubes
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp Butter