Bread Recipes
Coca-Cola Fruit and Date Loaf
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package dates
- 1 1/4 cups Coke or other cola drink
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed firmly
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon finely minced lemon rind or zest
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or coffee extract
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
- Chop dates.
- Heat cola to boiling. Remove from heat and stir in dates, mixing very well.
- Stir in sugar and oil.
- Cool while preparing other ingredients.
- Stir dry ingredients together and add to cola mixture.
- Stir in egg, extract and nuts.
- Spoon batter into pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour until cake tests done.
- Cool on a rack for 20 minutes then remove from pan and wrap.
- Store overnight before slicing.
- Let cool and slice the day after baking.
Attribution
This recipe has been adapted from Cooking With Coke - a publication of the Coca-Cola Company.