Sticky

January 11, 2010 8:35 PM

I have spent most of the day today working on my neighbours website, not really building it as such but adding content. She's not really got a clue as to what to put in there so I've being doing some draft copy to give her a point in the right direction. To be honest, it takes quite a bit of time to do and all of the morning is eaten up contemplating and editing and getting a bit bored :)

I also do some other work that comes through and by the time it's 3PM I've completed everything that I needed to do today so I decide to do some baking.

When Phil's parents came over at Christmas they brought stacks of food with them, including some dates that I'd not gotten around to eating so thought it'd be nice to use them up somehow, and as it happens, Delia has a nice recipe for a Sticky Date and Walnut Loaf that I thought I'd give a go.

I need a few other ingredients that I don't have, like dark treacle and golden syrup so I go out and get those things that I do not yet posses and when I get home set about making up the cake. The recipe states to use a 2lb loaf tin but the last time I made such a big cake I was struggling to eat it all before it was getting to it's best before date so this time I plump for two 1lb loaf tins instead. It was a bit of a weird cake to make and a tricky one too considering just how much a pain in the arse treacle and syrup can be to handle and dates are a real nusience to chop up too since they are also sticky! I can see where the cake got it's name from! Anyway, after a tiny struggle the mixture made it into the tins and was plonked in the oven for about an hour to cook.

I have got to say, the struggle was worth it in the end. I tried a bit of the cake after it'd cooled and it was delicious! So much so I took the second loaf around to my neighbours to try out. The recipe states that the cake is better after it's been left a couple of days, so if it tastes this good now I can't wait till Thursday! :)

If anyone wants the recipe mail me as it appears that it's not on Delia's website. Boo!