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Date and Walnut Loaf
Serves: 8 - 10
Cooking: 35-40 minutes
1 cup dates, chopped
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³
cup boiling water
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
125g butter, softened
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup honey
2 eggs
1 ½ cups self-raising flour
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1. Preheat oven to moderately slow
(170°C/150°C fan-forced). Grease and
line a 14cm x 21cm loaf pan with baking
paper.
2. Combine dates, water and bicarbonate of
soda in a bowl. Stand for 10 minutes for
dates to soften.
3. Place butter, sugar and honey in a bowl.
Using the beaters, beat on speed 1-2 until
combined. Increase speed 4-5 and beat
until light and pale.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after
each addition. Stir in flour, walnuts and
date mixture.
5. Spoon mixture into pan. Bake for about
45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted
into the centre comes out clean. Stand
cake for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire
rack to cool. Serve.
Banana Bread
Serves: 8 - 10
Cooking: 1 hour
100g butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups wholemeal self-raising flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 ½ cups mashed banana
½ cup buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to moderate (180°C/160°C
fan-forced). Grease and line a 14cm x
21cm loaf pan with baking paper.
2. Place butter and sugar in a bowl. Using
the beaters, beat on speed 1-2 until
combined. Increase to speed 4-5 and beat
until light and pale.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after
each addition. Stir in flour, cinnamon,
banana and buttermilk.
4. Spoon mixture into pan. Bake for about
1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the
centre comes out clean. Stand cake for 5
minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
Serve.
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