Date Loaf
Dessert, Pie, Cake, Ice Cream
Ingredients
1 cup stoned dates
1 teaspoon scant bi-carbinated soda
1 cup boiling water
1 tablespoon rounded butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg well beaten
2 cups self-raising flour
pinch salt
Description
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Directions
Place dates in basin with bi-carbinated soda and boiling water and allow to stand till cool. Cream butter and sugar, add egg, sifted flour and salt. Add dates, bi-carbinated soda and water. Bake in two well-greased nut loaf tins in moderate oven/350 degrees F for approx 40 minutes or one loaf pan 1 hour could make good cake.