Recipe - Queen Elizabeth Cake (Mrss Lyons)

1 cup Sugar
One fourth cup Butter
1 Beaten egg
1 One half cup Sifted flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One half cup Nuts
1 cup Chopped dates
1 teaspoon Soda
1 cup Boiling water

Pour the water over the dates and soda. Let sit while mixing the other
ingredients then add the date mixture. Pour into prepared 8 " pan and bake
in 350 oven 35 min. ICING: 5 tblsp. brown sugar, 5 tblsp. cream, 2 tblsp.
butter. Put in saucepan and bring to boil and boil 3 min, remove from heat
and cool. I thicken this with icing sugar to spread.

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