Date Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 1/2 oz. dates, cut up
1/4 c. Crisco
1 egg
1 2/3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. boiling water
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. black walnuts or English walnuts

Preparation

Pour hot water over cut up dates; let cool.
Cream Crisco and sugar; add egg.
Mix dry ingredients together, add to date mixture.
Add nuts.
Bake in loaf pan in 350\u00b0
oven for 45 minutes.