Sticky date and walnut loaf with butter

Name: Sticky date and walnut loaf with butter
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g stoned dates, chopped; 150ml boiling water; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 75g butter, softened; 100g soft light brown sugar; 1 large egg; 200g self raising flour; 75g walnut pieces; 1 tsp ground mixed spice

A moist, sticky date loaf with crunchy walnuts, lovely sliced and spread thickly with butter.

Time1 hr 15
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.35 a head
Oven170°C (150°C fan)

10 servings

Ingredients

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200 gstoned dateschopped
150 mlboiling water
1 tspbicarbonate of soda
75 gbuttersoftened
100 gsoft light brown sugar
1large egg
200 gself raising flour
75 gwalnut pieces
1 tspground mixed spice

Method

1
Heat the oven to 170°C (150°C fan). Line a 900g loaf tin.
2
Put the dates in a bowl with the bicarbonate of soda and pour over the boiling water. Leave for 15 minutes.
15 min
3
Beat the butter and sugar together until pale, then beat in the egg.
4
Fold in the flour, mixed spice, walnuts and the date mixture, with its liquid, until just combined.
5
Scrape into the tin and bake for 45 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
45 min
6
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then lift out. Serve in thick slices with extra butter.

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