Date Bread - ONE Bowl! Easy!


	Date Bread "Buttery. EASY! One bowl recipe" This date bread recipe is buttery good. It definitely qualifies and an easy cake recipe. It's one bowl from oven to serving. Dates are a standby in many Italian dessert recipes. My mom loved to cook with them - mainly because she was a health food freak and dates made her feel like she added an extra dose of earthiness to our growing bodies. This recipe is kinda an Italian cake standard - except it's in a loaf pan. My auntie Rose used to make this for holiday gatherings. We usually served it with dinner, even though it's sweet and most would consider it a dessert. And after while I made a whole section of Italian bread recipes since it seemed to fit better in this category. Just remember - this is sweet like a cake - but made in a loaf pan. Thanks for stopping by - Lisa See the substitution section below for tips and questions. Date Bread YIELD: 1 loaf INGREDIENTS: * 1 cup butter * 1 cup of sugar * 1 1/2 cup of chopped dates * 1 cup of boiling water * 1 1/2 cup of walnuts or almonds chopped * 2 cups of flour, sifted * 1 tsp of baking soda * 1 egg beaten Procedure * Preheat oven to 350 degrees. * Pour boiling water over the dates and let stand. * Cream the butter and sugar until light, then add egg and beat again. * Add the nuts. * Pour in the dates AND the water. Beat well. * Add the flour and baking soda. * Pour into a loaf pan. (A bigger loaf pan!) * Bake for an hour Substitutions and Questions Can I substitute oil for the butter? Nope. Never. Well at least not in this recipe. The butter is a primary flavoring ingredient. Notice there is no added cinnamon, nutmeg or ginger etc. Pre-sweetened dates or not? Not! I think MOST chopped pre-sweetened dates have very little flavor. They have been sitting in a sugar and dried for heaven knows how long. Always go for an ingredient that is closest to it's natural flavor - or the way it grew. (Ugh, I sound like my mom!) So if you have to buy whole dates and chop - then do it! The flavor is worth it. Top of date bread. Other Italian Cake Recipes Almond Cake Recipe Amaretto Cake Recipe Amaretto Mousse Cheesecake *Apple Pound* Cake Applesauce Cake Recipe Beer Cake Blueberry Cake Recipe Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe Cappuccino Cake Caramel Cake Chocolate Amaretto Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Chocolate Torte Recipe Chocolate Walnut Cake Coconut Layer Cake Coconut Cake Recipe Date Bread Double Chocolate Brownie Recipe Eggnog Cake Recipe Flourless Chocolate Torte Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Cake Italian Cream Cake Recipe Italian Rum Cake Recipe Jelly Roll Recipe Key Lime Cake Lady Fingers Recipe Lemonade Cake Lemon Layer Cake Lemon Pound Cake Mint Brownie Recipe Peach Cake Recipe Poppyseed Cake Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Pear Cake Recipe Pineapple Carrot Cake Pistachio Cake Recipe Plum Cake Recipe Pumpkin Cake Pumpkin Bread Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake Ricotta Cake Spice Cake Recipe Sour Cream Cake Recipe The BEST Tiramisu Recipe Walnut Cake Recipe Whipped Cream Recipe Yogurt Cake Frostings - Glazes - Icings Click here to see my cake frosting recipes. Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About**
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