Date And Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 ounces soft brown sugar
3 ounces chopped dates
2 ounces black treacle
1 1/2 ounces chopped walnuts
1 ounce butter
1/4 pint milk

Preparation

Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 350F/ gas 4.
Sieve the flour, salt, baking powder and soda into a bowel. Add the dates and nuts.
Heat the sugar, treacle, butter and milk gently until the sugar dissolves, stirring carefully.
Stir with a metal spoon into the dry ingredients, mixing well. Do not beat.
Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
Bake for 1 hour.