Date Loaf Cake

1 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 c dates, cut fine
1/2 c nut meats, cut fine
milk*

Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar thoroughly. Add the dates, nut meats, vanilla and milk*. Mix thoroughly, add the egg yolks and mix well.

Beat the egg whites until very stiff. Cut and fold these into the mixture. Pour into a loaf cake pan prepared with waxed paper. Bake in a slow oven for fifty minutes.

Makes 12 pieces.

* Editor's Note: the recipe did not originally call for milk, however it very greatly needed liquid. I added enough milk to make a wet batter, much like other quick breads.