Raisin or Date Loaf

Recipe and Photo by Yasmin

This is a really yummy and moist loaf for breakfast, morning tea, afternoon tea or supper. We had left over cream cheese icing which we used up on this cake, but I usually have it plain with a bit of margarine on the side, heated. It is delicious when it is hot and has melted butter on it!!! Lovely on a winter's morning!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raisins or pitted dates
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 tsp bi-carb soda
• pinch salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp butter
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 egg, beaten

Method:
Put dates, sugar, water, butter and soda into a saucepan and leave on stove until butter melts. Cool. Mix flour and salt in a bowl, add egg. Mix in other ingredients. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. When cool ice with cream cheese icing (optional) or serve plain, heated and with 1tsp of margarine or butter on one side.