Wholemeal Date Loaf

Recipe and picture from www.eggfreebaking.com

Ingredients
1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
25g butter, chopped
1 Tbsp golden syrup
1 cup boiling water
1 cup flour
1 cup wholemeal flour

Method
1. Put the chopped dates, baking soda, sugar, golden syrup and butter in a medium sized bowl. Add the boiling water and leave to cool.
2. Sift the flours and stir into cooled date mixture.
3. Put into a prepared 11 x 22cm loaf tin.
4. Bake at 180ºC for 1 hour.
5. Leave in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

Better if kept for a day before cutting into it.
Serve sliced and buttered.
Keeps for a week. Freezes well.

Wholemeal Date and Walnut Loaf
Replace ⅓ cup of the dates with chopped walnuts.

Wholemeal Apricot Loaf
Replace the dates with chopped dried apricots.