Healthy Date Loaf

The Healthy Date Loaf is a simple and nutritious recipe, featuring no refined sugars. Sweetened naturally with ripe dates and ground cinnamon, this easy-to-make cake requires only 8 ingredients. It is quick, moist, and can be enjoyed immediately or sliced and frozen for later convenience.

Course Snack

Cuisine Australian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings thick slices

Calories 236kcal

Author Kim

Ingredients

1½ cups Wholemeal Plain flour
1 teaspoon Cream of tartar (See note 1)
½ teaspoon Bicarb Soda
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 cup Medjool Dates (See note 2)
½ cup Milk
2 medium eggs
¼ cup Vegetable Oil + 2 tablespoons

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C/350 degrees F
In a medium sized mixing bowl, add 1½ cups Wholemeal Plain flour, 1 teaspoon Cream of tartar, ½ teaspoon Bicarb Soda and 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon. Mix with a spoon to combine.
Add ½ cup Milk, 2 medium eggs, and ¼ cup Vegetable Oil + 2 tablespoons, and stir to combine. Add 1 cup Medjool Dates (pitted and diced) and stir to combine again.
Grease a silicone loaf tin with butter or oil and line with greaseproof paper.
Pour in the cake batter and smooth over the top
Bake in oven at180 degrees C/350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
Let cake cool in the silicone loaf tin until it comes to room temperature.
Remove from silicone loaf tin and discard baking paper.
Option 1: Store in an air tight container at room temperature and eat within 2 days.
Option 2: Cut into 8 slices and place into ziplock bags/airtight container and freeze for upto 3 weeks. To serve, let it defrost naturally or warm in microwave for 10-20 seconds and eat with a light spread of butter.

Notes

Cream of Tartar is a leavening agent, readily available in the baking aisle of supermarkets. This recipe works best when using both Bicarb Soda and Cream of Tartar.
The medjool dates should be at room temperature. Remove seeds and chop roughly into small chunks and measure out 1 packed cup.
Level of sweetness: The sugars in this recipe come from the naturally occurring sugars in the dates. No other sweeteners have been used in this recipe and as such it may not be as sweet as you are used to. If you have a sweet tooth and prefer sweeter baked goods, I'd suggest adding 1 tablespoon of granulated sweetener such as Monkfruit.
Substitutions: Sub wholemeal plain flour with spelt flour or oat flour. Sub vegetable oil with olive oil, coconut oil or avocado oil, or even unsweetened apple sauce if looking to make it lower in calories.

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