Banana and Date loaf. This Clean Eating Banana and Date loaf is packed with nutrients, refined sugar free and has no 'lumpy date bits' (for picky eaters). Combine flour, bicarb, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir in dates and brown sugar.

Add banana mixture to the oil and sugar mixture alternately with the flour mixture, combining well after each addition. Stir in dates and nuts (if desired). This is a 'somebody needs to restrain me before I eat the whole thing' type cake which is pretty easy to make and if you think about it, it is two of your five-a-day with banana and dates in it. You can cook Banana and Date loaf using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Banana and Date loaf

You need 3 of bananas.
It's 200 g of brown sugar.
You need 150 g of butter.
It's 2 of free-range eggs.
Prepare 240 g of flour.
It's 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
It's 100 g of medjool dates, chopped.

Perfect spread with butter served a cup of English tea. Make two loaves and freeze one for another day. When the banana bread is ready, a toothpick will come out clean or with very few crumbs when inserted in the center of a loaf. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.

Banana and Date loaf step by step

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. In a large bowl, mash the bananas until smooth but a few lumps can still be seen. Add the brown sugar, butter, eggs, dates to the banana mixture..
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a different bowl..
Gradually(slowly add) dry ingredients to wet ingredients, while mixing gently..
Pour the batter into a greased loaf tin(baking pan) and bake for 45-55 minutes. Insert a cake skewer or toothpick into the loaf, if it comes out clean it is ready..
Serve spread with butter and a piping hot cup of tea..

Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Spoon batter into a greased loaf tin and roughly smooth out the top. Date and walnut loaf (without the Bananas) is a traditional bread eaten in Britain and is made using dates and walnuts. It is quite often made with treacle or tea to give it a dark brown colour. Apparently traditionally from Scotland, date and walnut loaf is still enjoyed in many tea rooms around the country.