Easy Date Loaf

Name: Easy Date Loaf
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda; 225 grams Dates chopped; 225 ml Water; 1 tbsp Butter; 225 grams Sugar; 1 Egg beaten; 450 grams Self-Raising Flour; 1 pinch Salt; 1 tsp Vanilla Essence

studksc @cook_3873648

Really easy to make and lovely with a cuppa.

studksc @cook_3873648

Really easy to make and lovely with a cuppa.

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Ingredients

15 mins

12 servings

1 tspBicarbonate of soda
225 gramsDates chopped
225 mlWater
1 tbspButter
225 gramsSugar
1Egg beaten
450 gramsSelf-Raising Flour
1 pinchSalt
1 tspVanilla Essence

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Steps

15 mins

1

Preheat oven to 180°C/Has Mark 5.
2

Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda over chopped dates and add hot water.
3

Beat the butter and sugar well, then add beaten egg, mixing well. Add the date mixture, flour, salt and vanilla essence. Mix well.
4

Put the mixture into a lined 900g (2lb) loaf tin and bake for 1 hour or until firm on top and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
5

Take out the tin after 10 minutes and cool on a wire rack.