Name: Moist apple and date cake
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 apples, finely chopped; 1 cup chopped dates; 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 cup boiling water; 185 gram butter; 1 cup caster sugar; 1 egg; 2 cup plain flour

This vintage date and apple cake is perfectly moist and gorgeously sweet. An easy melt and mix recipe that creates a lovely moist cake.

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Ingredients

2 apples, finely chopped

1 cup chopped dates

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 cup boiling water

185 gram butter

1 cup caster sugar

1 egg

2 cup plain flour

Method

1.Grease a 23cm square slab pan, line base and sides with paper; grease paper well. Preheat oven to 160°C.

2.Combine apples, dates, soda and water in bowl, cover, cool.

3.Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, then beat in egg. Transfer mixture to large bowl, stir in the sifted flour and apple mixture.

4.Pour into prepared pan. Bake for about 1¼ hours. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.

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