MUM’s SPECIAL DATE LOAF

Ingredients
8 oz Self raising flour
8 oz Dates
4 oz margarine or butter
5 oz brown sugar
3 oz walnuts
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of baking powder and bicarbonate of soda if plain flour is used  instead of self raising flour.
1 teaspoon of mixed spice
1 teaspoon of ginger

Method
Chop the dates and transfer to a saucepan and bring to the boil with 1/4 pint of water. Allow to cool
Beat together the butter or margarine and the brown sugar  and eggs
Mix the flour, spice, ginger and walnuts together and then add the dates including the water,
Finally mix all the ingredients together and transfer to an 8 inch baking tin and bake for 1 hour at 170 degrees C.