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Sticky date loaf

Serves 10
3 hours
Difficulty Medium
8 Ingredients

This cake goes down a treat for those who love dates.

Ingredients (serves 10)

4 cups Pitted dried dates
4 cups Cold water
2 teaspoons Bicarbonate of soda
175 grams Unstated butter, room temperature
2 cups Brown sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
6 Eggs
3 cups Self raising flour, sifted

Method

Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
Grease a loaf pan. Combine dates & water in a large saucepan & bring to boil
Remove from heat & stir in bicarbonate of soda. Allow to stand & cool for 15-25 minutes.
Transfer this mixture to food processor in two batches. Process until a smooth consistency & transfer to a large bowl.
Beat butter, sugar & extract in an extra large bowl with an electric mixer on high until well combined.
Add eggs, one an a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold in flour & then fold in date mixture until well combined. Mixture will be runny.
Pour mixture into prepared pan & bake for about 2-21/2 hours. Check after about 1 1/2 hours with a skewer.
Cover loosely with foil during cooking if over-browning occurs.
Stand cake in pan for 10 minutes before turning onto wire rack.

Notes

Serve with caramel sauce & vanilla ice cream or dollop cream. This cake also freezes very well.

48 Comments
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- - mom112217 said
  - 30 Dec 2016
    5:29 pm
Anything with dates in is a winner! Great Recipe!

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- - mom93821 said
  - 20 Jun 2016
    6:02 am
Warm sticky date loaf is just what is needed for the cooler weather and after dinner desserts.
- mom93821 replied
  
  21 Jun 2016 , 6:04 am
  Dates are just perfect for Winter desserts. Love dates!
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- - seachtheteach said
  - 30 Nov 2014
    6:56 pm
This looks delicious and very filling. Must try

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- - mom94125 said
  - 09 Nov 2014
    10:57 am
i will be sharing this awesome recipe. thanks also for making the effort to post this in the first place

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- - mom94125 said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    10:09 pm
yummy! this looks good! thank you for sharing

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- - kazh said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    9:57 pm
Another trip back to nana’s house. Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom57522 said
  - 30 Aug 2014
    11:00 am
A great twist on the sticky date pudding.

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- - ginoula5 said
  - 10 Aug 2014
    2:38 pm
I go crazy for anything sticky date, this recipe looks awesome, printing this out, thanks for sharing

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- - twinmum2 said
  - 31 May 2014
    11:46 pm
Perfect for morning tea

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- - tilly said
  - 21 May 2014
    9:46 am
I have never made a loaf before just the pudding but what a great idea.

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- - scottie said
  - 20 May 2014
    5:39 pm
this sounds very rich and delicious

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- - jadedbutjoyful said
  - 15 May 2014
    10:51 am
My nan used to make a great date loaf this sounds very similar

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- - catgrrl3 said
  - 05 May 2014
    10:19 pm
that looks so moist and divine

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- - kathryn said
  - 08 Apr 2014
    7:53 pm
sure are a lot of dates in there!

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- - cheezel said
  - 04 Apr 2014
    8:39 am
my mum loves dates so I might make one of these for her

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- - fatheroffaprincess said
  - 01 Apr 2014
    12:00 am
thanks for sharing great and easy

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- - kjgarner said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    11:18 pm
Good to know that it freezers

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- - mle00 said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    12:39 am
I was just going to say these are perfect with salted caramel sauce!

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- - thejodsta said
  - 25 Mar 2014
    1:15 am
My husband loves sticky date the only dessert he will eat. May give this a try thanks!

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- - arcticwynta said
  - 19 Mar 2014
    2:16 pm
I have never made sticky date so thank you for this one

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