Recipe
Date Loaf
- Meal
- Tea
- Season
- Autumn/Winter
- Best in
- October, November, January, February
- Cuisine
- Canada
- Best for
- Weekdays
Ingredients
- 450gdates
- 1 tspbaking soda
- 1 tspbaking powder
- 280mlwater
- 2½ tbspbutter
- 200gsugar
- 2eggs
- 190gflour
- 150gnuts
- 1 tspvanilla extract
Method
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Mix soda with chopped pitted dates and pour hot water overtop. Leave to soak while you prepare the rest. Cream sugar and butter. Beat in egg yolks, and then the vanilla. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Stir baking powder into flour. Alternate between mixing flour, and date water into the butter sugar mixture. Mix in the dates, and nuts if using. Fold in the egg whites. Bake in a greased loaf pan for 1 hour