Date and Walnut Loaf
A sweet loaf cake of Dates and Walnuts
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
- 1 Cup Dates, pitted and chopped
- 1 Cup Boiling Water
- 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 Cup Self Raising Flour
- 1/2 tsp Bi Carb Soda
- 1 1/2 Cup Walnuts, chopped
Preheat oven 180C
Line the base and sides of of a large loaf pan with baking paper, allow the paper to overhang the ends.
Place the chopped dates in a large heatproof bowl, add the maple syrup and pour over the boiling water, let stand for 15 minutes.
Stir in the sugar.
Sift the flour and bicarb soda over the date mixture and add the walnuts and stir to combine.
Spoon the cake mixture into the lined cake tin, bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Stand the baked cake in the tin for 5-10 minutes before removing it from the tin, then lift on to a cooling rack to cool.
Slice and serve spread with butter or cream cheese.
Replace flour with gluten free flour to make gluten free.
You could replace half of the flour with Wholemeal Flour but I would increase the Bicarb to 1 tsp.
I have added a mashed ripe banana to the mixture and it was lovely.
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