Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2010

This is a recipe I have been searching for to make for my hyusband. His mother made it at Christmas. Her recipe added marishino cherries so i ADDED A 16 oz jar to the recipe with the other ingredients...Awesome!!

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suzyq

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Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2008

This cake is absolutely amazing! I had my doubts while mixing the ingredients because after adding the yolks it stayed quite dry. Next up were the egg whites and THEN it all made sense. It began to stick together. I didn't press it all together or pat it down in the pan but I think I'll do so next time. I followed the recipe exactly and didn't change anything. This is such a simple recipe but wonderful and old fashioned-ish.

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RESONNANT

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2008

I made this for Christmas this year and got good reports on it from friends. It is an easy cake to make. I had to pit and chopped the dates by hand - this took a while but otherwise it is not time consuming to make. I used a bundt pan.

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Becky

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2006

i'm not sure why it turned out like it did, but it wasn't even a "cake" anymore. more like a combination of walnut and dates clumped together. still quite yummy, but i would recommend a bit more sugar. maybe make sure that you have enough flour and eggs to have a more cakelike consistency to the batter before baking. definitely will try again, even thought the ingredients are slightly expensive.

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Janice

Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2006

I don't know what I did, but it came out extremely dry, but it had a really good flavor to it. I would make it once more, just in case it was me.

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MRTimm

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Living In: Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2006

Mine does not look like the picture, it is short and quite heavy?? I love walnuts and I love dates, but I only like the 'cake'. I'm not sure I would make it again......

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ROBYNBNB

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Hinton, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2006

I made this for Christmas and everyone raved about it! I also made a granadilla flavoured icing that i drizzled over it and the tanginess really complemented the cake flavour. Will definately be making this every year for christmas now.

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purplemoon

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Living In: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2005

Absolutely delicious! This has become a Chritmas time favourite in our family. I use light muscovado sugar instead of white sugar for a more wholesome flavour. I also often halve the recipe and bake the cake in an 8 inch tube pan. Turns out perfectly every time.

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Chocopop

Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2005

This is more of a confection than a cake - and it is wonderful. Unbelievably delicious, and extremely beautiful.

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Syd

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2002

I am new to baking and this was just the third cake I tried, ever. It came out really well. I took it to a friend's place for dinner and the cake got over in no time. I scaled the recipe for 8 servings instead of 16 and reduced the amount of dates and walnuts by half since the ingredients are expensive and I am not very experienced. The cake still came out really well. The one thing I realized half way through was that there were very little wet ingredeients and after I added the yolk, the batter was still not wet and homogenous. I almost gave up at that point. If you are new to baking, don't worry about this, the cake turns out yummy despite this. Another hurdle was the dates; they were really soft and were sticking to each other. I dusted each piece with flour before mixing them with the other dry ingredients and the remaining flour. This can be time consuming, but worth the effort.

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