Queen Mother's Cake

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This cake was baked by the Queen herself in the palace kitchen. The recipe is to be sold for charitable purposes only.

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 cup chopped dates

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 cup boiling water

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1/4 cup butter

  • 1 beaten egg

  • 1 1/2 cups sifted flour

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Frosting

  • 5 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

  • 5 tablespoons cream

  • 5 tablespoons butter

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Pour boiling water over combined chopped dates and baking soda.

  3. Let stand while mixing sugar, egg, flour, vanilla, salt, and baking powder.

  4. Add to date mixture.

  5. Pour into 9 x 12-inch greased pan.

  6. Bake for 55 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.

  7. Combine frosting ingredients. Mix at spreading consistency. Spread on cake. Sprinkle with nuts and or coconut.

Recipe taken from the "Goodies from Great Britain and Other Places" Cookbook
by DBE Pennsylvania's Athelstan Chapter