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Loaf: Date And Walnut Loaf Cake

Source of Recipe

The New Settlement Cookbook Simon & Schuster


List of Ingredients

1 lb Dates, pitted
1 lb English walnut meats
1 c Cake flour
1/2 ts Salt
4 ts Baking powder
1 c Sugar
4 Eggs, separated
1 ts Vanilla



Recipe

Preheat oven to 325F.

Leave dates and nuts whole; place in mixing bowl, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder over them.

Mix carefully, add sugar and mix again.

Beat yolks until light and thick.

Add vanilla and stir into dry ingredients.

Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in until well blended.

Bake in a shallow loaf pan lined with buttered paper, for one hour.