Date Fruit Cake Recipe

Fruit cake lovers recipe

• Meal Type: Cake
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: Christmas
• Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 c Dates, stoned but not cut up
• 1 lb Walnut meats, not cut up
• 1 lb Candied cherries, not cut up
• 1 c Flour
• 1/2 t Salt
• 3 t Baking powder
• 1 c Sugar
• 4 ea Eggs, separated
• 1 t Vanilla

Directions

1. Mix dates, walnuts and cherries
2. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder, and mix with the fruit mixture
3. Add sugar and mix
4. Beat 4 egg yolks until thick and mix thoroughly through cake mix
5. Add vanilla
6. Beat egg whites until stiff and dry and fold into mixture
7. Line 2 loaf pans with wax paper, pour in mix and bake 1 hr at 350 degrees.