Date (Raisin) Loaf

A community recipe by mcbabycakes

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Introduction

Another nan recipe-aren't they the best ones! Yummy plain, with butter or toasted for breakfast the next day. My nan uses raisins but I use dates so it's your choice.

Ingredients

Serves: 1 CAKE

1 cup (cold water
1 cup dates (or seeded raisins chopped)
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups self-rising flour (sifted)
1 lightly beaten egg
1 pinch of salt

Method

Date (Raisin) Loaf is a community recipe submitted by mcbabycakes and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven to 180Â°C.

Put water, fruit, sugar, soda and butter into a medium saucepan and stir over low heat till the butter has melted.

Add the flour, salt and egg and stir till combined.

Pour into a greased and lined loaf tin-approx. 23 x 13 x 7cm (this is the size tin in Nigella's recipes, mines a bit smaller and works fine).

Bake for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.