English Walnut Date Cake recipe

1 servings

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

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 onto a wire rack and cool completely.