Annie Lee's Date Nut Cake
Christine
Date Nut Cake
ingredients
- 1/2 lb butter (Use Crisco if you do not have butter, margarine makes cake dry)
- 2 c. sugar
- 6 eggs
- 4 c. sifted flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp vanilla
- 2 pkg. pitted dates (cut in 3 lengthwise strips)
- 3 pints broken pecan pieces
directions
- 1
1.Cream sugar and butter.
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2.Add whole eggs one at a time until all have been added and creamy.
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3.Use 2 or more tablespoons flour to flour nuts and dates.
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4.Sift remaining flour and baking powder together and add to egg sugar and butter mixture.
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5.Add nuts,dates, vanilla. Pour into greased pan. Decorate top with pecan halves.
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6.Cook at 250 for 2-2.5 hours. Cover with foil while cooking if top gets too brown.
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7.Cake freezes well, let remain in pan until it cools slightly then remove and wrap in foil. Recipe date 12/27/66
Source: Christine
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