Ingredients
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
60 g butter or marg
1 cup boiling water
1 3/4 cups SR flour
1 teasp bicarb soda
2 teasp vanilla essence
Method
1. Put chopped dates and sugar into bowl then add sliced butter
2. Pour in boiling water, stir until butter melted
3. Add flour (sifted), bicarb soda then vanilla essence
4. Bake in loaf pan for 45-50 minutes.
This is soooooo easy and really yummy. I added flaked almonds because I wanted to get rid of them out of the cupboard but next time I will add chopped pecans.
Felicity
