Peanut and Date Cakes Recipe

Ingredients :

125 g self raising flour

125 g butter or margarine (mixture)

125 g caster sugar

1 tsp finely grated lemon peel

2 Grade 3 standard eggs, at kitchen temperature

25 g salted peanuts, coarsely chopped

25 g cooking dates, finely chopped

Method :

Well grease 12 bun tins. Set oven to hot, 375F, Gas 5. Sift flour into a bowl. In separate bowl, beat butter or margarine (or mixture) with sugar and lemon peel until very light and fluffy in texture. Beat in eggs, one at a time, adding a tablespoon of flour with each. Stir in peanuts and dates. Gently fold in rest of flour with a metal spoon then divide equally between the tins. Bake 20-25 minutes or until well risen and golden. Stand 5 minutes, remove cakes from tins and cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container when cold.

Rather like Fairy Cakes but different in texture and flavor through the unusual addition of salted peanuts and dates.

Makes 12

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