Date Fruit Cake
Ingredients
4 C. dates, stoned but not cut up
1 pound candied cherries, not cut up
1/2 tsp. salt
1 C. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pound walnut meats, not cut up
1 C. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs, separated
Cooking Instructions
Mix the dates, walnuts, and cherries. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder, and mix with the fruit mixture. Add sugar and mix. Beat 4 egg yolks until thick and mix thoroughly through cake mix. Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff and dry and fold into mixture. Line 2 loaf pans with wax paper, pour in mix and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
"But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" (Matthew 4:4)
