Country Women's Association Delicious Date And Ginger Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup dried dates, chopped
• 1 cup soft brown sugar
• 1/2 cup crystallized ginger, chopped if needed
• 110 g butter, chopped
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour or 1 1/2 cups gluten-free self-raising flour
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c (fan-forced 160°c).
• 2 grease an 18cm square cake tin.
• 3 place chopped dates, brown sugar, ginger, butter and one cup of water in a saucepan. bring to the boil, then take off the stove and add the bicarbonate of soda. stir.
• 4 add the sifted flour and the beaten egg.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
• 7 bake for about 45 minutes.