Mama Hellman’s Date Cake

Name: Mama Hellman’s Date Cake
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ cup plus 1 teaspoon cracker meal or matzo meal; ½ cup plus 1 teaspoon cracker meal or matzo meal; Confectioners' sugar; Salt; ½ teaspoon ground allspice; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; 2 tablespoons ground chocolate; ⅔ cup finely chopped dates; 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar; 5 eggs, separated; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Makes
1
9 inch cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thanksgiving Dinner

By Anthony Dias Blue and Kathryn K. Blue

Published 1994

About

This is a dark, airy cake that has great chewy texture and plenty of spicy flavor. It is easy to make and keeps well. The recipe comes from Mary Powell’s great-great-grandmother.

Ingredients

1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
5 eggs, separated
½

Americas
United States
Cake
Dessert
Dinner
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan, then cut a circle of wax paper to fit its bottom. Butter the wax paper, then flour bottom and sides of pan.
With an electric mixer fitted with a paddle beater, slowly cream the s