AlishaLucky's A Date with a Banana Cake.

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AlishaLucky
AlishaLucky @cook_2713358

A delicious date and banana cake. Heavy and moist and just the perfect amount of sweetness.

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Ingredients

30 mins
8 servings
  1. 250 gramspitted dates, diced
  2. 1/2 tspcinnamon
  3. 1/2 tspnutmeg
  4. 1/2 cupbrown sugar
  5. 60 gramsbutter
  6. 3very ripe mashed bananas
  7. 1/2 tspbicarb soda (baking soda)
  8. 1 tbspgolden syrup
  9. 1egg
  10. 1 1/2 cups sifted self raising flour
  11. 1spray oil for pan

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 180C. Spray a loaf tin with oil. Line the bottom of the pan with baking paper.

  2. 2

    Put all ingredients from dates to butter into a pot and pour in enough boiling water to just cover the ingredients. Simmer for about 15mins, uncovered, or until the dates have become mushy.

  3. 3

    Take off heat and cool for half an hour.

  4. 4

    Add banana, bicarb, golden syrup, egg and flour to the pot and mix well. Put mixture into prepared loaf tin.

  5. 5

    Bake for 30-40mins or until a skewer come out clean.

  6. 6

    Best served warm with custard or cold spread with whipped butter.

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