date nut cake recipe - diabetic recipes on Pumelo

Date Nut Cake

1/2 cup butter
1 tablespoon diabetic sweetener
1 1/2 cups diabetic applesauce
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup dates, sliced fine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

Cream butter. Beat together egg, sweetener and vanilla extract. Add to creamed butter.

Sift together flour, soda, cinnamon and cloves; add to other mixture. Add remaining ingredients and mix. After mixing, beat on medium to high speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes. Turn into prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.