Mrs Miller
Yield
1 cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ½ tsp soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ to 1 cup crushed nut meats
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp baking sugar
- 2 tbsp evaporated milk
- 2 tbsp margarine
- coconut.
Directions
- Boil and cool: dates, water,sugar, shortening, salt
- Add: flour,soda, baking powder, nuts, and egg.
- Cook at 350 to 375 for 45 minutes.
- Combing sugar, milk, margarine and coconut for icing