"Ma" Esther'S Hermit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 eggs
1 lb. butter
4 pkg. dates (7 1/4 oz. size)
3/4 lb. shelled English walnuts
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla
juice of 1 lemon
4 c. flour
brandy

Preparation

Cream
butter and sugar.
Add beaten eggs
first,
then add vanilla, lemon juice and cinnamon. Sift flour into a large pan and cut dates into the flour. Add batter to floured dates. Add\tnuts and
mix well.
Bake in a lightly greased
tube
or Bundt pan for 2 to 2 1/4 hours at 250\u00b0.
Test with a straw.