Servings:

12 - 14 slices

Level of difficulty:

Easy

Ingredients

200g Chopped Dates
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
275ml Boiling Water

Cake
200g Soft Brown Sugar
75g Butter
1 Egg - beaten
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
250g Plain Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
Half Teaspoon Salt
50g Chopped Walnuts

Topping
125g Brown Sugar
50g Butter
60ml Double cream

Method

1. Soak the Dates and Baking Powder in Boiling water.

2. Blend the cake ingredients

3. Mix in the soaked dates

4. Bake for 35 minutes at 150 C in a lined loaf tin. Turn out on a cooling wire

5. Mix the topping ingredients in a pan and simmer gently for 3 minutes

6. Spread on the cooled cake.