Maraschino Date Nut Cake Recipe
This delicious Maraschino Date Nut Cake is from my grandma's cookbook. It is a Canadian delicacy, served as Dessert world-wide. You don't have to be a gourmet to judge how mouth-watering and tasty this dish really is.
Ingredients
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups drained maraschino cherries, sliced
1 cup (about 7 oz.) dates, cut in pieces
2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 oz. (2 sq.) unsweetened chocolate, grated
1 cup cold unseasoned mashed potatoes
1/2 cup milk
Directions
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, allspice, and cinnamon together and blend well; set aside.
Mix cherries, dates, pecans, and the 1/4 cup flour; set aside.
Cream butter with extract.
Add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Mix in the grated chocolate and cooled mashed potatoes.
Beating only until blended after each addition, alternately add dry ingredients in thirds and milk in halves to creamed mixture.
Blend in fruit-nut mixture.
Turn batter into a greased (bottom only) 13x9x2-inch baking pan and spread evenly to edges.
Bake at 300°F about 1 1/2 hours, or until cake tests done.
Remove from oven to wire rack and cool cake completely in pan.
Mix cherries, dates, pecans, and the 1/4 cup flour; set aside.
Cream butter with extract.
Add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Mix in the grated chocolate and cooled mashed potatoes.
Beating only until blended after each addition, alternately add dry ingredients in thirds and milk in halves to creamed mixture.
Blend in fruit-nut mixture.
Turn batter into a greased (bottom only) 13x9x2-inch baking pan and spread evenly to edges.
Bake at 300°F about 1 1/2 hours, or until cake tests done.
Remove from oven to wire rack and cool cake completely in pan.
