4 cup dates, stoned but not cut up
1 lb walnut meats, not cut up
1 lb candied cherries, not cut up
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla
A Recipe for
Date Fruit Cake
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Mix dates, walnuts and cherries. Sift together flour, salt and baking
powder, and mix with the fruit mixture. Add sugar and mix. Beat 4 egg
yolks until thick and mix thoroughly through cake mix. Add vanilla.
Beat egg whites until stiff and dry and fold into mixture. Line 2
loaf pans with wax paper, pour in mix and bake 1 hr at 350 degrees.
Serves: 2
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