Banana Date Walnut Loaf (revisited)

This week has been such a blur, with school starting, adapting to a new routine, and then working the entire weekend (yuck).  If the whole semester ends up like this, I'm not sure how I'll keep up, to be honest, haha!  Craziness.  Tomorrow, for Labor Day, I actually have the day off, so I am going to spend my day baking away (or watching Doctor Who - I'm trying it out, finally)!  Can't wait.

Here is the second loaf that I made last weekend to share with my family - a banana date walnut loaf, formerly known as the banana date breakfast tea cake.  In my previous post of the recipe, I used agave nectar (which isn't actually that great for you, but I'll still use it in place of corn syrup - like for marshmallows!) and applesauce instead of butter (and you need some fat in your diet!).  This time around, I swapped out the agave nectar for Truvia, and used butter.  Of course.

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