Castle Families Recipe Collection
Alice Castle Luxton's Date Nut Loaf Cake

1 lb pitted dates
1 c. Krusteaz baking mix (substitute for cake flour)
2 t. baking powder (recipe for 4 tsp with cake flour)
1 c. sugar
4 eggs (separate, mix yolks, whip-beat whites)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 lb. whole walnuts (best effort pieces)

Keep dates and nuts as whole as possible. Mix flour, sugar, 1 t. b.p.
Add egg yolks & vanilla. Fold in beaten whites.
Bake 400 first 15 minutes (4 small loafs) then 20 min @300 with pan in 1" water in oven.

Recipe Contributed by Roger Schuettke