Banana Walnut and Date Loaf

"Great for the lunch box! This loaf can be topped with extra walnuts before baking."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 loaf
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to a moderate heat.
  • Grease and line a 20cm x 12cm loaf pan, with baking paper.
  • Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add orange zest with one of the eggs and beat until smooth. Add remaining egg and beat to a smooth batter.
  • Fold in the dates, bananas, flour, orange juice and walnuts and fold in well.
  • Spoon the batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until cooked when tested with a scewer.
  • Cool loaf in pan for about 5 minutes, then turn out to a rack to cool completely.

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Reviews

  1. Lovely and moist. I put the chopped dates and orange juice into the micowave for a couple of minutes on low. Great recipe.
     
    • Review photo by Alison L.
  2. A tasty banana bread that develops a really yummy gold crust. While we enjoyed the same day it was made I'm looking forward to trying it aged a day also. I made this as written and it was almost too sweet for my taste but no one else said anything so it I%u2019m sure it was just me. Thanks for the post.
     
  3. A beautiful, dense and moist loaf that is packed with flavour. The orange zest and juice are great additions, and next time I'll add 50-60 grams of chopped crystallised ginger. Hubby took it for the afternoon tea break at the local tennis club and everyone loved it. By the way, I used ripe bananas that I had tossed in the freezer a few weeks ago. Thanks for posting. Yum, yum!
     
  4. Delicious!!! I made this because it said it improves with age and I wanted something I could make ahead. I only made them today in little mini loaf pans and already they taste really good! :) so Im looking forward to them improving. I unfortunately didnt have dates so used raisins instead but will try with dates next time. A love loaf recipe I can highly recommend.
     
  5. This is one of those recipes that improves as it ages. I used whole wheat pastry flour, adding in the leveling agents. Pecans were used in place of the walnuts. We really enjoyed this for a quick snack and a breakfast treat. Made for Aussie Swap.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I sprinkled muscavado sugar on top and added some walnuts on top.
     

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