🫙 From the Spice Rack
Self-Frosting Date Cake
1 cup chopped dates 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/4 cups boiling water 3/4 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 2/3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup firmly...
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Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Ingredients8 items
Ingredients
- 1cupchopped dates
- 1teaspoonbaking soda
- 11/4 cups boiling water
- 3/4cupshortening
- 1cupsugar
- 2eggs
- 12/3 cups flour
- 1teaspoonbaking powder
Directions
- 1
1 cup chopped dates 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/4 cups boiling water 3/4 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 2/3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking
- 2
set aside, and let cool
- 3
Cream shortening
- 4
gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating well at medium speed on mixer
- 5
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition
- 6
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt
- 7
add to creamed mixture alternately with date mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture
- 8
Mix after each addition