Date Christmas Cake
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 lb. English walnuts
- 1 lb. dates
- 1/4 lb. candied cherries
- 1/4 lb. candied pineapple
Directions
Chop fruit. Break nuts into pieces (not too small). Roll fruit and nuts in flour, which has been sifted with baking powder. Beat eggs and sugar until thick, then add to fruit and nuts. Bake in an angel food pan or 2 loaf bread pans, greased. Bake in slow oven at 275 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or longer until cake is golden brown on top. Let stand until perfectly cold before removing from pan.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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12/17/2010
This sounds like my kind of cake Robin. The magic word here is "dates"... We love the wonderful dried fruits like dates, figs etc. and try to use them any way possible. I'll make this cake.
Thank you for sharing.
Pookarina
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