Date & Nut Loaf Cake recipe by Ruhana Ebrahim

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups boiling water
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 250g pitted dates (chopped)
• ½ cup chopped pecan nuts/walnuts
• 125g butter
• 1 cup castor sugar
• 1 extra large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1. Preheat oven to 180degC. Grease and line loaf tin.
• 2. Place water in saucepan and bring to boil.
• 3. Add bicarb and remove from stove.
• 4. Add dates and nuts. Leave aside.
• 5. Cream butter & sugar till pale & fluffy.
• 6. Add vanilla and egg and beat in.
• 7. Sift flour and baking powder.
• 8. Add in date mixture to batter, then flour.
• 9. Beat it till smooth.
• 10. Pour batter into loaf pan and place in oven.
• 11. Bake for approx. 45min or until skewered and comes clean.
• 12. Remove from oven. Allow to cool few minutes.
• 13. Remove from tin. Allow to cool again.
• 14. Dust with icing sugar.
• 15. Store in air tight container.