Ingredients

• 2 cups dates
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup preserved ginger
• 125g butter
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 eggs

Icing

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2-3 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tbsp syrup
• 2 cups icing sugar
• Heat butter, syrup and ginger till butter melts.
• Add icing sugar. 
• Beat with a fork add water if necessary and ice over warm slice.

Method

• Put dates, ginger and water in covered saucepan, bring slowly to boil. 
• Boil gently 2 minutes, then stir in walnuts.
• Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and vanilla.
• Add dry ingrediens.
• Stir well.
• Stir in cooled saucepan mixture.
• Place in lined slice tin.
• Bake 180C for 30 minutes.
• Ice while slice is still warm.