Date and Orange Slice
Baked Slice with dates, nuts and flavoured with orange
Ingredients
- 175 gm Butter, melted
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Orange, Grated Rind Save 1 tsp for icing
- 1 Cup Dates, Diced
- 3/4 Cup Pecans or Walnuts, Chopped
- 1 1/2 Cup Self Raising Flour
Orange Icing
- 1 tsp Orange rind (reserved)
- 30 gm Softened Butter
- 2 Tbsp Orange Juice
- 200 gm Icing Sugar mixture
- 1-2 Tbsp Boiling Water
Instructions
- Preheat Oven 170 C
- Line slice tray with baking paper.
- Combine butter, sugar, rind and egg.
- Add dates, nuts and flour, combine well.
- Spread into lined slice tray and bake 25 minutes.
- Cool in the tray.
Orange Icing
- In a small bowl combine reserved orange rind, juice butter, icing sugar and enough boiling water to mix to a smooth icing (approx 1-2 Tbsp)
- Spread icing over cold slice allow to set about 15 mins and cut into 12-36 pieces.
