Date Spice Cake

October 26, 2016

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 8 Loaf(s)
  • 1 cup chopped dates
  • 1 cup boiling water or coffee
  • 1½ cup flour
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon soda
  • 3 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup broken pecan pieces
  • lemon juice
  • powdered sugar
  • red and green maraschino cherries

Preparation

Yields 8 mini loaves

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour boiling water or coffee over dates. Set aside to cool. Sift flour. Sift again with baking powder, nutmeg, salt, and soda. Cream butter with sugar and egg. Add flour mixture with butter mixture in three parts, alternating with thirds of the date mixture. Stir well after each addition. Fold in raisins and pecans. Bake in greased 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 loaf pans for about 45 minutes or until the center is done.

Make a glaze of powdered sugar and lemon juice. Drizzle over the tops of the cooled loaves. Decorate with red cherries and green cherries in the shape of leaves.

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 8 Loaf(s)
  • 1 cup chopped dates
  • 1 cup boiling water or coffee
  • 1½ cup flour
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon soda
  • 3 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup broken pecan pieces
  • lemon juice
  • powdered sugar
  • red and green maraschino cherries
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