WALNUT 'N DATE CAKE

Recipe for the walnut and date cake with lemon cream cheese icing will be published at a later date. Have yet to type the recipe!


TUESDAY 28th Oct 2008

OK ...I've got the recipe typed up so here it is.........

WALNUT & DATE CAKE
Ingredients
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp golden syrup
• ¾ cup boiling water
• 200g butter
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
Icing
• ½ cup cream cheese
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 8 walnut halves

Method
1. Preheat the oven (not fan-forced) to 180°C. Grease a 23cm square cake pan and line.
2. Combine walnuts and dates in bowl with baking soda, golden syrup and boiling water. Stir well.
3. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and creamy.
4. Beat in eggs one at a time.
5. Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir well.
6. Combine with warm walnut and date mixture.
7. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60min until top springs back when lightly pressed.
8. Icing: Beat cream cheese until soft. Sift in icing sugar, beat well. Add lemon juice. Spread on to cake, decorate with walnut halves.

* Recipe fm Tina Soh circa 1979