Date Fruit Cake

Recipes Ingredients:

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

Recipe Instructions:

Mix dates, walnuts and cherries. Sift together flour, salt and Baking powder, and mix with the Fruit mixture. Add Sugar and mix. Beat 4 Egg yolks until thick and mix thoroughly through Cake mix. Add vanilla. Beat Egg whites until stiff and dry and fold into mixture. Line 2 loaf pans with wax paper, pour in mix and bake 1 hr at 350 degrees.