Date Nut Loaf Cake

Name: Date Nut Loaf Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped; 1 cup water 1 cup water; ½ cup butter ½ cup butter; 1 cup white sugar 1 cup white sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 egg, beaten 1 egg, beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup chopped walnuts; ¼ cup butter ¼ cup butter; ⅓ cup heavy cream ⅓ cup heavy cream; ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup brown sugar

Prep: 20 minsCook: 1 hr

Prep

20 mins

Cook

1 hr

Servings

Difficulty

Hard

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Servings:

11 cup dates, pitted and chopped
11 cup water
½ cup butter½ cup butter
11 cup white sugar
11 teaspoon baking soda
11 ½ cups all-purpose flour
11 egg, beaten
11 teaspoon vanilla extract
11 cup chopped walnuts
¼ cup butter¼ cup butter
⅓ cup heavy cream⅓ cup heavy cream
½ cup brown sugar½ cup brown sugar

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring dates and water to a boil. Stir in 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar until melted. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Let cool for 10 minutes.
2
Place date mixture into a large bowl. Blend in flour, eggs and vanilla. Stir in chopped walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Serve slices with Warm Sauce.
4
To make Warm Sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1/4 cup butter with cream and brown sugar. Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and sugar is dissolved.