Date Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. dates, diced
1 tsp. soda
1 c. boiling water
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. Crisco
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. nuts

Preparation

Mix diced dates, soda and boiling water together.
Cream together sugar, Crisco, eggs and vanilla.
Add date mixture.
Add flour and nuts.
Bake at 350\u00b0 until done.