Date and Walnut Cake

My son's partner is gluten intolerant so when they visit I like to make cake that she can eat, I have tried making several cakes using gluten free flour and they are generally very dry and hard.  The last I tried was date and walnut and it was really nice and moist. She said it was the best cake she had ever had!

Gluten free date and walnut cake.

Ingredients:

7 fl oz (210ml) boiling water
6oz (175g) dates (pitted and chopped)
3/4 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
6oz (175g) light soft brown sugar
2 oz (50g)  soft margarine
1 small egg, beaten
8 oz (225g) plain gluten free flour
3/4 level teaspoon baking powder
1/4 level teaspoon salt
1 1/2 (40g) walnuts, chopped

Heat the oven to 350F, 180C, gas mark 4.
Grease and line an 8 inch (20cm) square cake tin

Put the dates and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl and pour over the boiling water, leave to soak for 5 minutes.

Cream together the sugar and margarine and then beat in the egg.  Mix in the water and dates.

Sieve the flour with the baking powder and fold into the mixture together with the walnuts.

Put mixture in cake tin and bake for about 1 hour until cooked.  Turn out of tin and cool on a wire rack.

This cake keeps well.

If you are not gluten intolerant it is good with regular flour too.