Name: date and cherry loaf cake
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 125 g butter; 250 g sugar; 2 extra large eggs; 500 g plain flour; Pinch of salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100 g red glace cherries, quartered; 125 g Rabbi dates, pitted and chopped; 200 ml natural yoghurt or sour milk; Syrup:; 200 ml orange juice; 5 g grated orange rind; 200 g sugar

Authorali

DifficultyBeginner

Description:
Studded with sticky dates and cherries, this traditional fruitcake is the perfect winter celebration treat. Homely and comforting, this moist cake is easy to make and even easier to eat. Delicious served with your afternoon cup of tea or packed into lunchboxes as a pick-me-up, this makes a great easy celebration cake. This tasty cherry cake is given the final touch with a luscious sticky citrus syrup.
Date and cherry loaf cake
Studded with sticky dates and cherries, this traditional fruitcake is the perfect winter celebration treat. This tasty cherry cake is given the final touch with a luscious sticky citrus syrup.

Yields1 Serving

Prep Time6 minsCook Time14 minsTotal Time20 mins

125 g butter

250 g sugar

2 extra large eggs

500 g plain flour

Pinch of salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

100 g red glace cherries, quartered

125 g Rabbi dates, pitted and chopped

200 ml natural yoghurt or sour milk

Syrup:

200 ml orange juice

5 g grated orange rind

200 g sugar

Cream butter and sugar together. Beat eggs into mixture one at a time until light and creamy.

Sift flour, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and add to egg mixture. Add fruit.

Add the yoghurt, mix and place in a greased loaf or ring cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 35-45 minutes.

For syrup: Place all ingredients in a small saucepan, simmer for 5 minutes, pour over cake while still hot.

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