Date & cherry loaf cake

Ingredients

• 125g butter or margarine
• 250g sugar
• 2 extra large eggs
• 500g plain flour
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 100g red glace cherries, quartered
• 125g pitted dates, chopped
• 200ml natural yoghurt or sour milk

• Syrup

• 200ml orange juice
• 5g grated orange rind
• 200g sugar

• Method

  1. Cream butter and sugar together. Beat eggs into mixture one at a time until light and creamy.
  2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and add to egg mixture. Add fruit.
  3. 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.
  4. For syrup: Place all ingredients in a small saucepan, simmer for 5 minutes, pour over cake while still hot.
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