Eggless Date and walnut coffee cake

A perfect tea time cake. Adapted this recipe from     http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/eggless-dates-walnut-coffee-cake
You can vary the recipe by adding in chocolate chips or using Demerara sugar.  This recipe uses equal parts of whole wheat flour and regular flour for a healthier version.

Ingredients
1/2 cup de-seeded dates, grind roughly
1/2 cup crushed walnuts
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp instant coffee
1 cup warm milk
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup maida
1 cup atta
1/2 cup water
1 tsp vanilla essence

1.  Soak the dates in the warm milk with the coffee powder stirred in for about half an hour before making the batter
2. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius
3 Sieve the flours with the baking powder and baking soda. Mix in the powdered sugar
4. To the milk add the water and oil and whisk together. Add the vanilla essence to the wet mixture
5. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and beat with a beater for a few minutes
6  Grease a 6 inch baking dish and line the bottom with parchment paper. Pour in the batter and bake on the center rack for roughly thirty minutes
7. Serve warm. Perfect tea time cake !