This delicious date and walnut cake is even better the day after making – if you can wait that long! This is a really easy cake to make as you don't need a mixer to cream the butter, just melt ...

"This is very different from the richly sweet, loftily layered and aerated American original," Nigella Lawson said of her ginger and walnut carrot cake. "It is in some senses far more reminiscent ...

This cake is so rich, damp ... Just bear in mind that the dates have their own rich and fudgy sweetness (on top of all the other dried fruit) so don’t go for anything too jammy: Frank Cooper ...