Date and Tamarind Loaf | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 3¼ ounces sour tamarind pulp or paste
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 16 pitted medjool dates (finely chopped)
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 6 walnut halves
• ¾ cup plus 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• ¾ cup jaggery or muscovado sugar
• 2 large eggs (at room temperature)
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon full-fat kefir
• 1 cup heavy cream