Belinda Moore

1 cup chopped dates

1 cup boiling water

1 tsp bi-carb soda

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg, beaten

1 cup raw sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2/3 cup oil

1/2 cup chopped nuts

Pour water over dates, add bicarb & set aside to cool. Beat egg, add sugar, vanilla and oil. Combine sifted flour, salt and nuts. Add date/water mix to this, alternately with egg mix until all combined. Bake at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

*This week I doubled this recipe, used half dry goji berries and for the nuts I used sunflower seeds. It freezes well and is very tasty.