Sticky Date, Banana and Pecan Tea loaf

December 26, 2014
Sticky Dates, Banana and Pecan Tea loaf

Sticky Dates, Banana and Pecan Tea slices


Sticky Date, Banana and Pecan Tea loaf

Adapted  with changes from Belinda Jeffries

 185g spelt flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1 teaspoon salt
90g roasted pecans (roughly chopped)
220g pitted dates (roughly chopped)
150g caster sugar
2 eggs
125ml vegetable oil
3 very large ripe bananas (mashed)
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract 
  1. Pre heat oven to 180C. 
  2. Butter a loaf pan with butter and dust with flour. 
  3. Sift flour and bicarbonate soda into a mixing bowl. 
  4. Add salt, pecan and dates. 
  5. Mix to thoroughly coat the nuts and dates. 
  6. Use electric mixer, whisk the eggs, sugar and oil until light and creamy. 
  7. Add mashed banana and vanilla extract. 
  8. Add dry ingredients into the banana batter. 
  9. Pour into the loaf pan. 
  10. Bake for 50-60 minutes until skewers comes out clean. 
  11. Cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, before turning over onto the cooling rack to cool completely.

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Comments

  1. Thalia @ butter and briocheDecember 26, 2014 at 2:26 PM

    I love sweet loaves like this. Definitely a recipe I need to try!

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  2. Simones KitchenDecember 26, 2014 at 4:32 PM

    A very Merry Christmas to you too Lisa!

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  3. Angie's RecipesDecember 26, 2014 at 5:40 PM

    Lisa, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
    Your tea loaf looks beautiful and very very tasty.

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  4. Angie's RecipesDecember 26, 2014 at 6:00 PM

    What kind of spelt flour did you use? Wholemeal or refined? We have 3 different kinds of spelt flour over here...one is wholegrain, the other two were refined spelt bread and pastry flour.

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    1. Lisa HoDecember 28, 2014 at 8:34 AM

      Hi Angie,
      I found only Organic White Spelt flour at supermarket :(

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  5. NataliaDecember 26, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    Beautiful recipe! Have to try it soon! Thank you!

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  6. NataliaDecember 26, 2014 at 9:02 PM

    Lisa, your blog is so beautiful!
    Thanks for this recipe, it looks lovely and I like the ingredients!

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  7. JasminDecember 27, 2014 at 3:06 AM

    Hi Lisa,
    beautiful photos and nice tea loaf recipe - perfect for the time around Christmas...

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2015 at 4:59 PM

    Hi, can we use regular all purpose flour instead of spelt flour?
    Yarzzi

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