Aunt Phil's Brown Sugar Cake

Name: Aunt Phil's Brown Sugar Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 cake, 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1 lb brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 3/4 cups flour, sifted; 1/2 cup dates, chopped; 1/8 teaspoon salt

Submitted by Second2None

"Simple cake without any fat and leavening. One of my recipes to try!!! From NYTimes.com. Originally published with DE GUSTIBUS; Proof That Cholesterol Can't Kill: An Egg Shop That Thrives By MOLLY O'NEILL, May 1, 1991"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

4 eggs
1 lb brown sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons vanilla
1 ³⁄₄ cups flour, sifted
¹⁄₂ cup dates, chopped
¹⁄₈ teaspoon salt

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine the eggs and brown sugar in the top of a double boiler.
Cook 20 minutes over low heat, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until thick.
Stir in the vanilla, sifted flour, dates and salt.
Pour into an ungreased 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
Bake 20 minutes.
Cool, cut into squares and serve.
YIELD 1 cake (6 to 8 servings).