Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Lizzie Black Kander

Published 1903

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Ingredients

  • cup soft butter
  • 1⅓ cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs</

Method

Put all ingredients in a bowl together and beat thoroughly for 3 or 4 minutes. Bake in lined loaf pan 35 to 40 minutes. Do not attempt to add the ingredients separately, if you wish a satisfactory cake. Occasionally the housekeeper has a few raisins, or nuts or figs "left over" from other preparations. These she may combine and use instead of the dates, but do not change the proportion. That sh