Recipe - Date Nut Cake

1 pound Dates; cut up
6 cup Whole pecans
1 pound Whole candied cherries
1 pound Candied pineapple; cut up
1 cup Sugar
1 cup (heaping) flour
1 teaspoon Salt
4 Eggs; separated, beaten
2 teaspoon Vanilla

Put fruit & nuts in large bowl. (Save out a few whole cherries & pineapple
to put on top of cake.) Sift in flour, salt & sugar. Mix well. Stir in
beaten egg whites, then egg yolks. Add vanilla. Mix well. Pour into greased
angel food cake pan that has had bottom lined with brown (sack) paper. Bake
1One half hours at 300. Leave in oven until cool. (I always place about another
One half cup whole pecans on top of batter before putting in oven.)

KITTY ROBINS

LEACHVILLE, AR

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.