Date sponge cake

It started out intending to be an upside down date cake, but while assembling the ingredients changed its' mind and became a plain date cake instead. Another made using my mother's never fail recipe.
Happy Birthday, Mumsie

Sift together -
100 gms maida
1 tsp baking powder
three or four times till well aerated and keep aside.

Cut about 10-12 dates into quarters, roll in the flour mixture and keep aside.

Whisk 2 eggs and keep aside.

In a mixing bowl, mix-
100 gms butter
100 gms sugar
few drops vanilla essence
taking care t.hat you always stir the spoon in the same direction. Do it till the two are well mixed and creamy.

Add a bit of the flour and some beaten egg to the mixture, and mix till creamy. Keep doing it till all the flour and eggs are mixed. Mix the batter a bit more- the more you mix, the fluffier your cake will be.

Throw in the dates, and stir for some more time.

Grease or line a baking dish. Bake in recommended settings of microwave oven (or as you would a regular cake in an OTG). You will know the cake is done when you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.

Remove it from the oven, and let it cool before cutting and storing in a cake tin. Can be stored without refrigeration for 2 days, but I don't take a chance on that.