DATE CAKE
- 1 lb. dates, stoned and halved
- ½ lb. (1 cup) butter
- ½ lb. (1 cup) sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoonful baking soda
- 1 gill (½ cup) boiling water
- 1 lb. chopped walnut meats
- 2 cupfuls Sultana raisins
- ½ lb. (2 cups) flour
- 1 teaspoonful almond extract
Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy, then add the eggs well beaten. Dissolve the soda in the boiling water, then add it with the nuts, fruit, extract, and flour. Mix thoroughly, turn into a buttered and floured fireproof dish, and bake in a moderate oven for one hour.