Name: Date and cherry loaf recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves: 16
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 110g self-raising flour; 2 eggs; 110g butter; 225g dates, roughly chopped; 110g walnuts, roughly chopped; 60g glace cherries

By GoodtoKnow

published 27 December 2012

in Recipes

Studded with sticky dates and cherries, this traditional fruitcake is the perfect winter celebration treat. Homely and comforting, this moist cake is easy to make and even easier to eat. Delicious served with your afternoon cup of tea or packed into lunchboxes as a pick-me-up, this makes a great easy celebration cake

Ingredients

110g self-raising flour
2 eggs
110g butter
225g dates, roughly chopped
110g walnuts, roughly chopped
60g glace cherries

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Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/Fan 200°C/gas mark 6.
Beat the sugar and butter until it resembles breadcrumbs
Add the eggs to the sugar mix, one at a time, the fold in the flour until the mixture is creamy.
Add the chopped fruit and nuts and pour into a Swiss roll. Bake for 20-30 minutes.

Top Tip for making Date and cherry loaf

If you don’t have a Swiss roll tin, this works equally well in a loaf tin or round cake tin

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