Date Nut Cake
"A summer favorite from my mother's cololection. Contributor: Doris Harlow Mockridge"
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 package dates
- 1 cup water, hot
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts
- 1 1⁄2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
-
TOPPING
- 1⁄2 package dates
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 2⁄3 cup water
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare 8 inch cake pan and proceed as usual.
- Mix first three ingredients together and let cool completely.
- Add walnuts, cake flour and baking powder and stir gently.
- Add butter sugar, salt and.
- egg.
- Stir completely and bake in prepared pan until tester comes out clean.
- Topping: Cook until syrupy and spread on warm cake.
- Serve cooled topped.
- with fresh whipped cream, if desired.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mr. Bill in TN
Kingston, Tennessee
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