Gluten free sponge cake with fake chocolate

We begin the recipe by soaking the dates in a small bowl with warm water. We will leave them for about 15 minutes that we can take advantage of to continue with the recipe.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, with heat up and down.

Pour the contents into the mold we had prepared. Put in the oven and bake at the same temperature for 25 minutes (I had it about 35 minutes, but you have to keep an eye on it) or until the toothpick comes out clean.

Once cooked, remove and let it rest for about 10 minutes, then remove from the mold and let it cool completely on a wire rack.

Grease a rectangular mold (I did it with a round one) with butter or oil.

Mix and aerate the powdered ingredients. To do this, put the gluten-free flour (I used buckwheat flour), carob flour, baking powder (gluten-free), cinnamon and baking soda in the mixing bowl. Mix for 15 seconds, speed 3. Remove and set aside.

In another bowl we mix the liquids, that is to say, the oil and the vegetable milk (I used semi-skimmed cow's milk). Set aside.

The next step is the chopping or crushing of the nuts (I used pistachios) which will depend on our own taste. If you like to find pieces of nuts you can skip this step. If you want them intermediate you can give them a turbo blow. Although if you want them smaller we can prolong the grinding time until they become powder. Once chopped, remove and set aside.

Once the hydration time has elapsed, drain the dates well and chop them for 5 seconds, speed 5. Remove and set aside (I beat with the blender to grind it well).

Without washing the mixing bowl, put the butterfly on the blades and beat the eggs for 3 minutes, speed 3 1/2.

When the time is up, leave the butterfly on and program 2 minutes, speed 3. Add the dates and 1/3 of the flour mixture through the nozzle and let about 10 seconds elapse. Then add half of the liquids and another 1/3 of the flour mixture and let another 10 seconds elapse. Add the rest of the liquids and the flour mixture and let it mix well until the time is up.

Open the lid, remove the butterfly and with the spatula we will lower the remains of flour or dough that have stuck to the glass. Add the walnuts and mix for 10 seconds, speed 3, turn to the left.