Date & Walnut Cake
55-60 minutes cook
Serves 8
Ingredients
200g stoned dates
150ml water
½ tsp FREEE by Doves Farm Bicarbonate of Soda
3 free-range eggs
100g brown sugar
100ml sunflower oil
200g Doves Farm Organic Self Raising Wholemeal Flour
50g chopped walnuts
Icing sugar
Method
Line a 20cm/8” round deep, loose bottom cake tin with parchment paper and pre-heat the oven.
Put the dates and water into a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil. Remove from the heat, stir in the bicarbonate of soda and leave to cool.
Break the eggs into a mixing bowl, add the sugar and beat together until light and airy.
Mix in the oil followed by the self-raising flour.
Stir in the date mixture and walnuts. Tip the mixture into your prepared cake tin and smooth the top. Bake for 55-60 minutes.
Allow to cool in the tin for 20 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. Sieve a little icing sugar over the cold cake before serving.
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