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250g pitted dates
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5ml Bicarbonate of Soda
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200ml waterboiling
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300g wholewheat
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10ml baking powder
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2,5ml salt
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5ml Cinnamonground
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15ml Lime juice
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5ml Vanilla
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20ml vegan egg substitute powder
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60ml maple syrup
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100g Brown Sugar
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2 Granny Smith Applesgrated and peeled
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50g walnuts
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10ml Lime juice
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1 lime zestlime
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80ml tahini
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150ml Almond Milkwarmed
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160g pitted dates
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125ml Sunflower Oil
(Makes one medium-sized loaf – serving 10)
METHOD:
- Preheat the oven to 170°C and grease and line a medium-sized loaf tin with baking paper.
- Add the bicarbonate of soda to the dates and add the boiling water. Stir well and leave to cool completely.
- Place the flour in a bowl and sieve over the baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the walnuts and mix well together.
- Mix the grated apples with the lime juice.
- In another bowl combine the oil, sugar, maple syrup, egg substitute and vanilla and beat well together. Mix in the grated apple.
- Add the date mixture to the oil mixture.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix well to make the batter.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for ±45 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Cool.
- TO MAKE THE TOPPING: Soak the dates in warm milk for about 30 minutes. Place the soaked dates, tahini, lime juice, zest and salt in a food processor and pulse until thick and creamy.
- TO FINISH OFF: Spread the topping over the date loaf and garnish with some walnuts and lime zest OR serve the tahini glaze on the side.