DATE & WALNUT LOAF…AFAM – a DATE with you & HotM 10
“Vegetables are the food of the earth; fruit seems more the food of the heavens.”
Sepal Felicivant
AFAM (A Fruit A Month) is a wonderful blog event which highlights different fruits. The event this month is being hosted by AkshayPatra and her fruit of choice is ‘DATES’.
Golden opportunity for me to try the ‘Date & Walnut Loaf ‘ which I have been dying to try but have never quite got there. Last evening was a mad frenzy of date chopping & general confusion since I got to the event announcement late as usual! Huff Puff!!! Loaf was out of the oven last night, looking good, smelling great….& I couldn’t wait to slice it this morning to get pictures for the post.
WOOHOO…Now that’s done, the loaf has gone back to the tin…shall wait for the kids to get back from school & do the honours. What an addiction this is…phew!
(They each had 2 slices; LOVED it!!)
Ingredients:
Flour – 1 cup
Baking soda – 1 tsp
Baking powder – 2 tsp
Sugar – 1 4/ cup
Margarine – 25gms (I used butter)
Dates – 350gms (chopped)
Water – 142ml/ 1/4 pint (boiling)
Egg – 1
Walnuts – 1/2 cup/100gms (chopped)
Method:
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Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C. Grease and line bottom of a 9 X 5 loaf pan, or 8 ” round cake tin.
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Sift the dry ingredients together.
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Put the chopped dates + margarine (or butter) + sugar in a deep bowl & pour the boiling water over it. Allow to cool.
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Stir in the flour mix + eggs + walnuts.
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Put batter into tin, level out and bake for about 50-60 minutes.
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Cool on a rack. Slice only when cold. (I wrap it in cling wrap overnight for the flavours to mature, and then sliced it the next morning)
Nice wrapped as a gift too…
This is a much loved loaf in our house, just right for the season…moist & delicious & low on fat!! A dear friend of mine used to make it with plump dates she got from the UK…with outstanding results. I would suggest you get the best quality dates you can lay your hands on; then sit back & enjoy this treat.
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
12 Comments
KayKat
Can’t go wrong with dates and walnuts! 🙂 This month’s AFAM theme is my favorite!
Shella
This looks awesome. Delicious. I am sure try it.
Arundati Rao
such a classic….date and walnut…and who can think of a baking entry to quick and easy but you!!
aparna
Hi, How do you manage to find the time for all this besides daily routine? Lovely as usual.
Happy cook
WOw looks really delicious.
Can i come over when the kids come for tea, so that i can have a piece
PASSIONATE BAKER....and beyond.
Thanks KayKat…I’m not to hot on dates, but this loaf turned out really good!U’ll love it!
Shella…thanks for dropping by.
Sorry I hvnt written to you yet, Arundati.U must try this one-it’s actually quick & easy.
U wouldn’t want to know HOW I find time Aparna.Ha ha!! I drive everyone up the beanpole sometimes.
Come on over Happy Cook…will bake one just for you!!
Kamini
Dates and walnuts has to be the ultimate combination. Very nice looking loaf and I am sure it was delicious.
meeso
Dates and walnuts…sounds perfect!
gee
such a lovely recipe..can I use whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour…that would make this recipe even more desirable.
Cal@fruit date
An ultimate combination will be that of medjool dates and the walnuts. All of you should try that out. It is so awesome.
Deeba @ PAB
Haven’t seen mejdool dates available here, but have heard loads about how good they are. Will try those one day!
shubha
Hi,Deeba.I love your blog.Itried out the date and walnut cake with some changes.I added some milk with the water and also some v.essence with the egg,since I am a veg and don’t like the eggy smell.At first I was apprehensive about the amt of dates but then i realised that amt of sugar had been reduced.The cake was delicious.thanks.God bless.