Date and Walnut Loaf

Name: Date and Walnut Loaf
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 200g pitted dates, chopped; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 cup boiling water; 100g butter; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 egg; 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100g walnuts, roughly chopped; butter to serve

A dense, dark and moist loaf studded with dates and walnuts — popular in Australian and British baking.

Total time

65 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gpitted dates, chopped

1 tspbicarbonate of soda

1 cupboiling water

100gbutter

3/4 cupbrown sugar

1egg

1 1/2 cupsself-raising flour

1 tspvanilla extract

100gwalnuts, roughly chopped

butterto serve

Instructions

Soak dates in boiling water with bicarb. Cool.

Beat butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Add vanilla.

Fold in flour, dates with their liquid and walnuts.

Pour into a greased loaf tin.

Bake at 180°C for 50 minutes. Serve sliced with butter.