BANANA WALNUT AND DATE LOAF

Banana Walnut and Date Loaf image

Make and share this Banana Walnut and Date Loaf recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Tisme

Categories Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

90 g butter
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1 orange, zest of, grated
2 eggs
1 cup dates, chopped
3 large bananas, mashed
1 1/2 cups wholemeal self-rising flour
1/3 cup orange juice
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Steps:

Preheat the oven to a moderate heat.
Grease and line a 20cm x 12cm loaf pan, with baking paper.
Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add orange zest with one of the eggs and beat until smooth. Add remaining egg and beat to a smooth batter.
Fold in the dates, bananas, flour, orange juice and walnuts and fold in well.
Spoon the batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until cooked when tested with a scewer.
Cool loaf in pan for about 5 minutes, then turn out to a rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 2399.8, Fat 122.3, SaturatedFat 53.2, Cholesterol 564.3, Sodium 820.6, Carbohydrate 328.8, Fiber 26.4, Sugar 258.6, Protein 31