Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour

1 heaped tsp bi carb

1 cup rolled oats

½ cup sugar

2 tbsp margarine

butter

Filling:

250 g dates

½ cup sugar

juice of lemon

Method: 

Beat butter and sugar to cream. Add soda and water. Then oats and flour. Kneed together. Refrigerate for ½ hour. Then roll to ½ inch to fit tin. Add filling and put top on. Boil all together the filling ingredients then cool. Bake till brown. Cool then ice with lemon icing.