date cake and sauce, ma

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Middletown, OH
Updated on Jul 15, 2019

This is one of the more interesting cakes in Ma's recipe file that we found in NC in July 2019.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup dates
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon powder
  • nuts
  • SAUCE:
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup water with a little vanilla

How To Make date cake and sauce, ma

  • Step 1
    Cake: Cut dates in small pieces and add soda and cover with water and let stand while you mix remaining cake ingredients. Then mix well and bake for 40 min in 350 degree oven.
  • Step 2
    Sauce: Melt butter, add sugar and flour which have been mixed together. Add remaining ingredients. Cook until slightly thickened and pour over Date Cake. Top with whipped cream.

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Category: Cakes
Ingredient: Fruit
Method: Bake
Culture: American

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