Old Hermit Cake recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
3 cups packed brown sugar
6 eggs
1 lemon, juiced
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
3 cups dates, pitted and chopped
3 cups chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

848 calories
carbohydrate: 105.8 g
cholesterol: 149.4 mg
fat: 45.3 g
fiber: 5.8 g
protein: 11.9 g
saturatedFat: 18.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 413.1 mg
sugar: 66.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).

  2. Cream butter and sugar together well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon juice and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well.

  3. Turn into greased and floured 10 inch angel food tube pan. Bake in oven for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

Recipe Yield

1 tube cake

Recipe Note

This recipe is over 100 years old and it tastes like hermit cookies. Use only butter in this recipe.

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