Old-Fashioned Date Nut Cake(Recipe Over 50 Years Old) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. butter
1 c. flour
2 eggs, well beaten
1 c. dates, chopped
1/2 c. nuts (walnuts), chopped fine
1 slightly heaping tsp. soda
1 c. boiling water

Preparation

Cream together the sugar, butter and eggs and set aside. Place flour in separate bowl.
Add dates and nuts, then put soda in cup of boiling water and pour over date-nut-flour mixture, then add alternately to first mixture.
Batter will be thin.)
Bake in a 7 x 11-inch pan at 375\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Cake stays moist. Serve with real whipped cream.