Dear Abbie's Date Cake
Created by dienia b on May 27, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 50m
- Recipe #19348
Ingredients
- 12 ounces pitted dates (2 cups chopped)
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups water (boiling)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 large eggs (beaten)
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour (sifted)
- 1.8 ounces chopped walnuts (1/2 cup chopped)
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oven to 350ºF.
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Step 2: Grease and flour 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
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Step 3: In medium bowl, spoon baking soda over dates, then pour the boiling water over and set aside to cool.
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Step 4: In large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs, mix well.
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Step 5: Add date mixture, flour, vanilla and walnuts. Mix thoroughly.
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Step 6: Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake at 350ºF approximately 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (271 g)
- Calories 630.8
- Total Fat - 7.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.2 g
- Cholesterol - 79.6 mg
- Sodium - 485.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 139.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.3 g
- Sugars - 98 g
- Protein - 10.2 g
- Calcium - 50.9 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg