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# Date and Walnut Loaf · Rampant Scotland

Recipes

# Date and Walnut Loaf

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*Traditional Scottish Recipes*
 *- Date and Walnut Loaf*

*This is a popular cake in tea rooms around Scotland which provide "home baking". The ingredients below will make a large loaf - you can divide into two smaller cake tins and bake for a slightly shorter time.*

## Ingredients

- ¾ cup of boiling water

One cup of cooking dates, de-stoned and chopped

One teaspoon baking soda/bicarbonate of soda

4 ounces/125g/one stick margarine

4 ounces/125g/¾ cup sugar

One egg

½ lb/250g/two cups plain flour

Half a cup broken walnuts

Few drops vanilla essence

## Method

Pour the boiling water over the dates and baking soda and allow to stand. Beat the margarine and sugar together, then add the egg and then the flour and mix well. Stir in the dates and the liquid, add a few drops of vanilla essence and mix well.
 Bake in a greased and lined loaf tin in a pre-heated oven for an hour at 325F/170C/Gas Mark 3.

## Source

From Rampant Scotland, restored from the page as it stood on 15 May 2025. [Original page](https://web.archive.org/web/20250515061330/http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_dates.htm).

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