Date Fruitcake

Recipe Ingredients

4 cups	948ml	Dates - stoned, leave whole
3 teaspoons	15ml	Baking powder
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Walnut meats - not cut up
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Candied cherries - not cut up
4		Eggs - separated
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	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 hour at 350F.

Source:
Mrs. W Whitehead, Llandudno, Wales

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