Date And Walnut Cake

From Baking With Granny

• 225g dates, chopped (best not medjool, they are too squishy)
• 1 tsp baking soda (aka bicarbonate of soda or sodium bicarbonate)
• 85g butter, melted
• 85g caster sugar
• 120ml water, hot (or tea)
• 1 egg
• 85g walnuts (use walnut halves and roughly chop them)
• 225g self raising flour

Put the dates, bicarb, butter and sugar in a large bowl and pour over the hot water. Mix well and leave until cool.

Set the oven to 150C fan (or 170C), and line a 2lb loaf tin.

Mix in the egg, then the walnuts. Finally add the flour and mix well. Put the mixture in the loaf tin and bake for 1 hr. Allow to cool; this cake keeps well.