Nut Loaf
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1 cup dates, chopped
1 cup mixed fruit
1 cup sugar
1 tspn bicarbonate soda
1 tabs butter, melted
1 tspn mixed spice
1 C boiling water
2 cups flour
½ tspn salt
1 egg, beaten
Preheat oven 180°C. Place in bowl the dates, fruit, sugar, bicarb, butter, mixed spice, water, mix well. Add flour, salt, egg. Mix only until well blended. Place in two greased nut loaf tins, replace top, and stand upright in oven. Bake 50 mins.