Pat's Fab Rhubarb & Date Cake!

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup soft brown sugar
• 230 g rhubarb
• 115 g dates, weight after stoned and chopped
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1 large egg
• 4 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 190c, 375f, gm 5.
• 2 prepare a 7" cake tin.
• 3 sift flour into a bowl, add the butter and rub in with fingertips.
• 4 stir in the sugar.
• 5 cut the rhubarb into small pieces and stir into mixture with chopped dates.
• 6 add the cinnamon if using.
• 7 blend together the egg and milk and add to the mixture.
• 8 pour into the tin and spread to the sides, hollowing the centre slightly.
• 9 bake on the middle shelf, for 1 hour 15 minutes.
• 10 it's very important to check after 1 hour - every oven is different!