Click for Cookbook LOGIN
"There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves."--Thomas Wolfe

GIN'S DATE NUT CAKE Recipe

4.5 stars - based on 2 votes
  Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
 

 

This recipe for GIN'S DATE NUT CAKE is from Leigh Family Heritage Cookbook, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 sticks of oleo
2 pounds of shelled pecans
2 pounds of dates
4 cups of flour
1 Tbsp. nutmeg
1 cup of whiskey (1/2 cup in cake and 1/2 cup over cake after baking
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 or 300 degrees

Roll fruit and nuts in flour not included in your 4 cups for the batter
Cream oleo (butter), sugar, eggs, flour, and 1/2 cup of whiskey
Add nuts and dates
Grease a baking pan
Put three layers of paper in the bottom, flour the third layer, then add one more
Cut a strip of paper to put around the sides
Bake 3 to 31/2 hours at 250 or 300 degrees
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Makes 8 pounds
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Editor's Note:
Peggy's "Aunt Robbie" Emerson was one of the most gifted cooks in DeSoto County when Peggy and I were children. She ran Shadow Hill Tea Room and many of her family recipes were known throughout the county. "Aunt Gin" was Robbie's brother Roger's wife, Virginia Bryn Sanders. This is a recipe Harriet Sartor Gorove, Robbie's granddaughter, shared with us.

 

 

 

Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start your own personal family cookbook right now!  Here's to good eating!

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!

 

 

 

440W  

Cookbooks are great for Holiday Gifts, Wedding Gifts, Bridal Shower ideas and Family Reunions!

*Recipes and photos entered into the Family Cookbook Project are provided by the submitting contributors. All rights are retained by the contributor. Please contact us if you believe copyright violations have occurred.

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!