Zaytoun Spiced Date & Walnut Loaf

A loaf that tastes like a love letter to the sun-drenched groves of Palestine. ✨

Plump Medjoul dates, with their caramel sweetness, are folded through walnuts, kissed with warm spice, and crowned with citrus that glows like winter light through orchard branches. Each slice carries a story of resilience, of hands that nurtured fruit in ancient soil, and of flavours that linger long after the last crumb is gone.

A loaf to be savoured slowly, with tea, with friends, with heart. 

Palestinian Medjool dates, nature’s candy, fudgy with sweet notes of caramel, too easy to devour before you even begin the recipe..

Dense, fudgy and spiked with nuts and spice, this is the ultimate tea time treat

It also freezes well in slices, perfect to whip out for impromptu guests..

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Yield: 8-10

Author: Suze Morrison

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Zaytoun Spiced Date & Walnut Loaf Cake

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 50 MinInactive time: 24 MinTotal time: 1 H & 34 M

A loaf that tastes like a love letter to the sun-drenched groves of Palestine. ✨

Plump Medjoul dates, with their caramel sweetness, are folded through walnuts, kissed with warm spice, and crowned with citrus that glows like winter light through orchard branches. Each slice carries a story of resilience, of hands that nurtured fruit in ancient soil, and of flavours that linger long after the last crumb is gone.

A loaf to be savoured slowly, with tea, with friends, with heart. 

Ingredients

• 220g Zaytoun Medjool Dates, pitted and chopped
• 190ml Boiling Water
• 1tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
• 100g Unsalted Butter, room temperature
• 120g Light Brown Sugar
• 2 Large Eggs, room temperature
• 1tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1tsp Ground Cardamom
• 1tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Orange, zest
• 180g Plain Flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Fine Salt
• 100g Chopped Walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven 160C. Grease and line a 1.5lb loaf tin with baking parchment
2. Add the chopped dates, boiling water and bicarbonate of soda to a bowl and allow to soak for 30 minutes
3. Cream the butter and brown sugar in the base of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachmenty for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy
4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. add the vanilla and orange zest and beat again.
5. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, spices, salt and baking powder until homogenous.
6. Add the dates and their soaking liquid to the butter mixture and fold through, follow with the flour mixture, taking care not to overmix.
7. Finally fold through the walnuts and spoon into your prepared tin. Bake on the middle shelf for 45-55 minutes, or until cooked through.
8. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely before cutting and serving.

https://gourmetglow.co.uk/recipes/date-walnut-loaf

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