These little round cakes are light and airy, sometimes compared to soda bread or pound cake. Like sweet little biscuits, tea ...

Strain the tea into a bowl and add the chopped dates. Set aside for ten minutes and then drain the dates using a sieve. Grease and line a 20cm/8in, round, loose-bottomed spring-form cake tin.

Battersea café and bakery, Jack and Beyond, challenge you to find out how much cake you can eat with their bottomless cake offering.