Date Loaf
Recipe: #8010
February 04, 2013
Categories: Breads, Desserts, Dates, British, Oven Bake Vegetarian, Quick Breads, more
"I know...I know...most people don't like dates. And I was one of them! But this is a lovely not too sweet cake that the dates just melt into. The original recipe did not call for any spice. But I have added some, personal preference. I have used just cinnamon or my Baking Spice Mix with great results."
Original is 15 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (121.9 g)
- Calories 352.8
- Total Fat - 13.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.7 g
- Cholesterol - 44 mg
- Sodium - 336.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 55.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.2 g
- Sugars - 32.9 g
- Protein - 4.9 g
- Calcium - 49.3 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place dates in medium bowl and sprinkle with the baking soda; pour the boiling water over dates and stir; let cool.
Step 2
Cream butter and sugar; add beaten eggs, salt and vanilla and mix until well combined.
Step 3
Stir in flour, baking powder and cinnamon with wooden spoon until almost combined.
Step 4
Add nuts, dates and the water mixture and mix until combined.
Step 5
Let rise 20 minutes.
Step 6
Spray 2 loaf pans and fill pans with batter.
Step 7
Bake in 275F oven for about 2 hours. (I use one large bread pan that will hold all the batter and bake it for the 2 hours...however using the small pans, they might be done in 1 1/2 hours. Just do the toothpick test to verify.) This is a very old recipe with no instructions or pan sizes.
Step 8
To Store: When cake is completely cool, wrap in tin foil and place in plastic bag.
Tips
No special items needed.
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