Old Fashioned Date and Nut Cakes
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| makes 6 cakes |
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| 6 | 10 3/4 ounce) empty soup cans, cleaned and dried |
| | bakers joy for spraying cans |
| 1 cup | pitted dates, chopped* |
| 1 tsp | baking soda |
| 1 cup | boiling water** |
| 1 | egg |
| 3/4 cup | packed brown sugar |
| 1-1/2 cup | plus 1 level tablespoon flour |
| 1 tsp | baking powder (check date for freshness) |
| 3/4 tsp | table salt |
| 1/2 cup | pecans or black walnuts, coarsely chopped |
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| preheat oven to 325 degrees f. |
| generously grease and flour empty soup cans or spray well with baker's |
| joy. |
| set aside. |
| place dates in a medium, heat-proof bowl. combine baking soda and boiling |
| water and pour over dates. set aside to cool, about 20 minutes. |
| in a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg on high speed until pale |
| yellow, about 2 minutes. add sugar and continue beating for 1 minute. add |
| cooled |
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| date mixture. in another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and |
| salt. add to date-egg mixture and beat until well-incorporated. stir in |
| pecans or black walnuts by hand. divide dough among the 6 prepared cans, |
| filling them half full. place cans in a preheated 325 degree f oven for 35 |
| to 40 minutes or until cakes test done. remove from oven and cool in cans |
| on wire rack. |
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| * dromedary puts out an 8 oz box of chopped dates. they are coated with |
| sugar, so use more dates and less sugar if using these. nita holleman |
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| ** a neat trick would be to use 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup orange juice for |
| extra flavor! nita holleman |
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| (ID: 10941) Mirror: rec.food.recipes: Mon, Sep 8, 2003 |