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Date Torte

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of pulverized sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 1/2 pound of dates, cut very fine
• 1 teaspoon each of allspice and ground cinnamon
• 1/4 pound of chocolate grated
• juice and peel of 1 lemon
• 3 1/2 soda crackers, rolled to a fine powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking-powder

Instructions

Beat sugar with the yolks. Beat long and steadily until a thick batter. Add dates, allspice, ground cinnamon, chocolate, lemon juice and peel, soda crackers, baking-powder, and last the stiff-beaten whites. Bake slowly. Cake can be cut in half and put together with jelly.

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Source

The International Jewish Cook Book (1919).