English Walnut Date Cake

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INGREDIENTS

 

  • 2 pounds dates, pitted and chopped
  • 2 pounds English walnuts, coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 4 egg whites

Directions for the English Walnut Date Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine dates, walnuts, sugar, baking powder and flour. Stir in egg yolks. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold the whites into the fruit/nut mixture until no streaks remain. Spoon into prepared pan.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

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