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Hermit Cake
1 lb. butter 6 eggs, separated 3 cup brown sugar 5 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp vanilla 1 lb dates 1 lb English walnuts 1 cup black walnuts Juice of 1 lemon Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, vanilla, and lemon juice. Sift flour, baking powder, and cinnamon together. Flour the dates and nuts with 1/2 of the flour mixture. Fold into the sugar mixture, then fold in beaten egg whites. Bake for 2 1/2 hours at 250 degrees.
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