Date and Walnut Loaf
Quick and easy, all-in-one fruit loaf. It's a cross between a scone and a cake, just the thing if you have no eggs. Delicious with butter or without.
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients
- 150 g butter, at room temperature
- 300 g plain/all-purpose flour
- 150 g dates, stoned and chopped
- 75 g walnuts, roughly chopped
- 150 g raisins
- 150 g Demerara sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (5ml)
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (5ml)
- 175 ml milk
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan/ gas mark 4/ 350°F
- Grease the tin or pop the liner in
- Beat all the ingredients together until well combined.If using a processor, blitz everything except the fruit and nuts. Stir these in afterwards
- Spoon the mixture into the tin
- Cook for 50-60 minutes until well risen and just firm to the touch. Test after 50 minutes and leave longer if necessary.Leave in the tin until cool - or eat warm.