Old-fashioned date loaf
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Recipe Rating
Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 - 55 minutes
Serves: Makes 1 loaf
A moist bread loaf jam-packed with delicious dates.
Ingredients
250g pitted dates, finely chopped
5ml bicarbonate of soda
250ml boiling water
125g butter or margarine, softened
200ml (160 g) castor sugar
5ml vanilla essence
500ml (280 g) Snowflake white bread or cake flour
10ml baking powder
1ml salt
5ml ground mixed spice (optional)
1 extra-large egg
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, alternately 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 °C for 50 - 55 minutes. Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
Date loaf
Very moist but would bake it next time at 180 degrees
