Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch square pan with cooking spray or butter.

Step 2

Boil water in a saucepan and add the chopped dates to it and let it cook for 5 minutes. Add baking soda, mix well and switch off the heat. Set aside for 15 minutes and grind the mixture to a fine paste.

Step 3

In a mixing bowl of a stand-in mixer, cream the butter, and sugar on medium speed till they are light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla to the mixer and continue to beat them till they are combined. Add both flours, salt, pureed date mixture, and baking powder and mix them in till they are well combined.

Step 4

Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Step 5

Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan before dusting it with powdered sugar

Step 6

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch square pan with cooking spray or butter.

Step 7

Boil water in a saucepan and add the chopped dates to it and let it cook for 5 minutes. Add baking soda, mix well and switch off the heat. Set aside for 15 minutes.

Step 8

Add eggs, butter, vanilla extract and sugar to the blender jar and secure the lid. Select "Batters" and run the cycle twice or blend on a Medium to Medium-Low speed for 60 seconds.

Step 9

Add the date-water mixture and select "Smoothie" or blend on a Medium to Medium-Low speed for 60 seconds

Step 10

Add the remaining ingredients - both flours, baking powder and salt in the blender and secure lid. Press "Pulse" 3–5 times or until dry ingredients are combined with the wet.

Step 11

Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Step 12

Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan before dusting it with powdered sugar.

Step 13

Press the saute function in the Instant Pot and adjust it to the "More" mode. Add 1.5 cups of water and let it come to a boil. Add chopped dates to it and let it cook for 5 minutes.

Step 14

Add baking soda, mix well and hit warm/cancel. Carefully remove the steel insert and set it aside for 15 minutes. Grind the dates (along with the water it was boiled in) to a fine paste.

Step 15

In a mixing bowl of a stand-in mixer, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed till they are light and fluffy.

Step 16

Add eggs and vanilla to the mixer and continue to beat them till they are combined. Add both flours, salt, pureed date mixture, and baking powder and mix them in till they are well combined.

Step 17

Grease a 6-inch bundt cake pan and pour the batter into the greased pan. Cover it with foil.

Step 18

Add a cup of water in the steel insert of the Instant Pot. Place the trivet. Create a foil sling and place it on the trivet.

Step 19

Place the bundt pan and close the lid. Adjust the pressure setting to high and the time to 35 minutes.

Step 20

Once the cooking is done, wait for 15 minutes before releasing pressure.

Step 21

Carefully remove the bundt pan from the Instant Pot using the foil sling and let the cake cool in the pan before dusting it with powdered sugar.