Date Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 c. pecans, chopped
2- 6 1/2 oz. pkg. dates
1 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 bottle maraschino cherries

Preparation

Mix all ingredients except cherries. Place in tube pan; put cherries on top. Bake one hour or longer at 200 degrees.