english walnut date cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• 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.
• bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out a wire rack and cool completely.