Date cake

Date cake

Ingredients/Components

• dates - 1 pkg
• soda, sprinkled over dates - 1 tsp
• hot water, poured over dates - 1 c
• sugar - 1 c
• lard or oleo - 1/2 c
• eggs - 2 item
• salt - 1 item
• flour
• baking powder - 2 tsp
• nuts, floured - 2 c
• box raisins, floured - 1 item
• vanilla - 1 Tbsp

How to make date cake:

After dates and water soften, mash as you would for creamed potatoes. Cream sugar and lard. Add beaten eggs. Add sugar, lard and eggs to the date/water mixture. Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Add nuts, raisins and vanilla. Bake 2 hours. This is good.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cakes, Kid Friendly.