Name: Morocan Date Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 c Butter; 1/4 c Sugar (or up to double amt.); 4 Eggs; 1 ts Baking powder; 1 c Unbleached white flour; 1 ts Cinnamon; 1 ts Nutmeg; 1/2 ts Ground cloves; 1/2 c Milk; 1/2 ts Pure vanilla extract; 1 c Pitted, chopped dates; 1/2 c Chopped walnuts; Fresh whipped cream

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains	Moroccan	Cakes, Moroccan	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Butter
1/4	c	Sugar (or up to double amt.)
4		Eggs
1	ts	Baking powder
1	c	Unbleached white flour
1	ts	Cinnamon
1	ts	Nutmeg
1/2	ts	Ground cloves
1/2	c	Milk
1/2	ts	Pure vanilla extract
1	c	Pitted, chopped dates
1/2	c	Chopped walnuts
		Fresh whipped cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 325 F.
Cream together the butter and sugar.  Beat in the eggs. Combine the baking
powder, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add the dry ingredients to the
egg mixture, beating well.  Mix in the milk and vanilla. Beat well. Add the
chopped dates and walnuts and stir again to distribute them evenly.
Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan.  Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for
about 30 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Serve with fresh whipped cream.
Source: Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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