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Date Cake

From Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948), 1948

Moist and sweet date cake.

Presented as published in 1948. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DATE CAKE zt % 1 pkg. dates - | 1 cup boiling water 1 cup walnut meats 1 teaspoon soda z oan cup sugar 1 egg _ $ cup butter 1 cup flour | Pinch of salt Cut dates and nuts in small pieces. Put soda in boiling water and pour over dates and nuts and let stand a minute. Beat sugar and butter together, then mix all other ingredients. Bake in slow oven. Mrs. S. A. Isenhour, Jr. MERINGUE DREAM BARS 5 cup margarine 2 cup sifted cake flour 1 cup sugar

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