Date Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup boiling water, over
1 cup chopped dates, and
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, in a large mixing bowl
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 cup pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
0.25 (60 ml) butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
TOPPING
75 ml brown sugar
30 ml butter
30 ml cream
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Let first 3 ingreds stand while rest is mixed.
Add all ingreds to the date mixture.
Mix thoroughly.
Bake in loaf pan at 180\u00b0C for 40-45 minutes.
TOPPING:.
Mix ingreds together & boil for 3 minutes.
Spread on cooled cake & sprinkle with nuts.