Coconut Date Squares

Name: Coconut Date Squares
Ingredients: FOR THE CAKE:; 1 cup Butter; 2 cups Sugar; 2 whole Eggs; 1 teaspoon Vanilla; 1 teaspoon Salt; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; 2 cups Cake Flour; 1-1/2 cup Sour Cream; FOR THE CRUMBLE:; 16 whole Graham Cracker Sheets (2 Sections Per Sheet); 2 cups Pitted And Chopped Dates; 1 cup Walnuts, Chopped; 28 ounces, fluid Sweetened, Condensed Milk; 2 cups Grated Sweetened Coconut; FOR THE FROSTING:; 2 cups Powdered Sugar; 2 Tablespoons Water

18 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
1 cup Butter
2 cups Sugar
2 whole Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 cups Cake Flour
1-1/2 cup Sour Cream
FOR THE CRUMBLE:
16 whole Graham Cracker Sheets (2 Sections Per Sheet)
2 cups Pitted And Chopped Dates
1 cup Walnuts, Chopped
28 ounces, fluid Sweetened, Condensed Milk
2 cups Grated Sweetened Coconut
FOR THE FROSTING:
2 cups Powdered Sugar
2 Tablespoons Water

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350F.
2

To make the sour cream coffee cake batter, place cake ingredients in a large bowl, combine and mix until smooth.
3

Process graham crackers, dates and walnuts in a food processor until crumbly. Split the crumble mixture into 2 equal parts and put each in a bowl. Into the first half, stir in sweetened condensed milk. Set both bowls aside.
4

Spray a half sheet pan with baking spray. Spread cake batter evenly into pan. Gently spread sweetened condensed milk crumb mixture over the cake.
5

Stir coconut into the second half of the crumble, then somewhat press it into the top layer.
6

Bake for about 40-45 minutes or until a fork poked into the center of the cake comes out clean.
7

For the frosting, stir together powdered sugar and water until frosting is smooth and reaches the consistency you like.
8

After the squares have cooled about 15 minutes or so, drizzle with powdered sugar frosting.