hermit cake

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Recipe by
Billie Neal
Malden, MO

This recipe comes from a 1968 recipe book titled,"Favorite Recipes From Church of GOD Ladies". Each of the recipes has the ladies' name and home town and I will include this with the recipe and if you know or are related to this person, I would really like to know. The recipes I post from this cookbook are ones I have tried and really like or are unusual due to ingredients or possibly due to the number of recipes with the same name but are different in some way. I hope you enjoy. I know some the recipes are really lacking in some or all areas, but I am posting them as they are in the cookbook

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Ingredients For hermit cake

  • 5 c
    flour
  • 1 lb
    dates, chopped
  • 1 1/3
    round nuts, chopped
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 2 tsp
    nutmeg
  • 1 lb
    butter
  • 3 c
    brown sugar
  • 6
    eggs
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 4 tsp
    vanilla

How To Make hermit cake

  • 1
    Combine 1 cup flour, dates and nuts; mix well.
  • 2
    Sift remaining flour with baking powder, salt and spices.
  • 3
    Cream butter and sugar well; add eggs, 1 at a time.
  • 4
    Add flour mixture, lemon juice and vanilla; mix well.
  • 5
    Pour batter over date mixture; mix with hands.
  • 6
    Pour into tube cake pan.
  • 7
    Bake in 275-degree oven for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Mrs. Frances Nickell Marfrance Church of God LWWB Marfrance, West Virginia

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