Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 50 minutes | Serves: 30 slices
Ingredients
1 extra large eggs
250ml pitted dates, finely chopped
200ml (160 g) castor sugar
500g Snowflake white bread for cake flour
5ml vanilla essence
10 ml baking powder
1 ml salt
5 ml ground mixed spice (optional)
250 ml boiling water
Method
- Place dates in a bowl. Dissolve bicarbonate of soda in boiling water and pour over dates. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg, beating well until light and creamy. Add essence.
- Sift flour, baking powder, salt and mixed spice together. Add, alternatively with dates and water, to egg mixture. Spoon mixture into a lined and greased 22.5 cm loaf pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 160 degree celcius for 50-55 minutes. Leave in pan for a feww minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
