Date & Nut Loaf Recipe
Date & Nut Loaf Recipe - A delicious date loaf with nuts and dates. The two go well together. My Mom use to make this when we were kids.
Servings 10 slices
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Nuts chopped
- 3/4 cup Water boiling
- 1 cup Dates chopped
- 1/4 cup Butter / Margarine
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups Flour sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Place the nuts, dates, baking soda, salt and butter in a mixing bowl.
- Pour boiling water over it and stir until butter has melted.
- Stand for 15 minutes.
- Grease a loaf tin and line with baking paper.
- Beat the eggs, add the sugar and vanilla.
- Beat well.
- Sift the flour into the egg mixture.
- Add date mixture and mix just till all the ingredients are mixed.
- Pour into the prepared tin and bake for one hour.