Date, Honey and Walnut Loaf

Submitted by Sueie

"A favourite with family and friends, not too sweet a good homely cake."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 milk
• 1⁄3 cup chopped walnuts

directions

1. In bowl, soak chopped dates in 1/2 cup boiling water.
2. Let cool.
3. In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and honey until fluffy.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
5. Stir in date mixture and vanilla.
6. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and ginger; stir in the date mixture alternately with milk, making 3 additions of dry ingredient and 2 of milk and adding walnuts with last addition.
7. Pour into 4 - 5 cup loaf pan.
8. Bake in 350deg.
9. F (175degC) for 1 hour or until tester comes out clean.
10. Allow to cool in pan on rack for 10n minutes.
11. Transfer to rack to cool.

Reviews

[wyatt1]

This is so good! I made it today and added a glaze of 1 tbl. margarine, 1 cup confectioners sugar, 1 tsp. lemon juice, and enough milk to make it spreading consistancy. Then drizzled it on top. So good. I will definitly bake it again. Thanks for recipe. Memama2

 

[BowerBird]

This is a good cake, I like that it is not overly sweet. My cake rose beautifully in a large loaf pan, I'd definately make this again. Thank you for sharing :)

 

[mianbao]

This is heavenly! And very easy to make, too. The resulting cake is light, spicy and moist. As is, this recipe is just right for my 5 1/8 cup loaf pan. I'm already looking forward to making it again. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe with us.

 

[Beeks]

This is worth it's weight in stars. I was a bit skeptical about the ginger and cinnamon but I'm glad I decided not to omit them; they gave this loaf it's special flavor. It didn't say to grease the pan but I did. Thanks Sueie.