QUEEN ELIZABETH CAKE!!!
(from my neighbour)
1 cup Dates
1 cup Boiling Water
Let cook while preparing cake batter.
1/4 cup Butter
1 cup White Sugar
1 Egg (Beaten)
1 tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg and vanilla.
Add sifted dry ingredients.
Then add date mixture to which
1 tsp Soda had been added.
Bake in 9 x 9 pan at 350 for 30 minutes.
ICING
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
5 Tbsp Butter
1/2 cup Coconut
3 Tbsp Cream
Boil 3 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup Chopped Nuts
Pour over warm cake
Place under broiler until brown.
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