Ginger and date loaf cakentopped with icing and chopped ginger

Date and ginger loaf cake

Name: Date and ginger loaf cake
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250g dates pitted and chopped; 200ml milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100g unsalted butter softened, plus extra for the tin; 150g soft light brown sugar; 3 eggs large; 250g plain flour sifted; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp ground ginger; 3 balls stem ginger in syrup chopped; 150g icing sugar sifted; 1 ball stem ginger in syrup chopped, plus 2 tbsp syrup from the jar

Amanda James

Published: May 11, 2022 at 10:07 AM

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Serves 10

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 15 mins

+ cooling

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Ingredients

Nutrition

250g dates

pitted and chopped
200ml milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g unsalted butter

softened, plus extra for the tin
150g soft light brown sugar
3 eggs

large
250g plain flour

sifted
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
3 balls stem ginger in syrup

chopped

ICING

150g icing sugar

sifted
1 ball stem ginger in syrup

chopped, plus 2 tbsp syrup from the jar

Nutrition: per serving

kcal414
fat11.1g
saturates6.3g
carbs70.6g
sugars51g
fibre2.4g
protein6.6g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line a 900g loaf tin with a long strip of baking paper. Keep aside 2 tbsp of the chopped dates for decoration. Tip the rest into a pan, pour over the milk and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla extract and bicarbonate of soda, then leave to cool.
step 2

Meanwhile, beat the butter and sugar with electric beaters until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, ensuring each is fully incorporated before adding the next. Mix in the plain flour, baking powder and ground ginger. Tip in the dates with their cooking liquid and mix well. Stir in the stem ginger.
step 3

Pour into the loaf tin and bake in the oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven to cool completely.
step 4

Once cooled, remove the loaf from its tin and onto a serving plate. To make the icing, mix the icing sugar with the ginger syrup and a splash of water, and pour generously over the cake. Top with extra chopped dates and chopped stem ginger to finish.

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Amanda James

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