Date And Nut Cake With Cherries

• 8 ounces pitted dates, quartered
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup maraschino cherry, drained and quartered

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Butter a 9" square cake pan.
3. Put dates, butter and baking soda in a bowl. Carefully pour boiling water over the dates; let cool.
4. Meanwhile, mix flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl, mix egg and vanilla.
5. When the date mixture is cool, stir in egg mixture and then stir in flour mixture.
6. Stir in nuts and cherries.
7. Pour batter into the prepared pan; bake for about 25-30 minutes.

dates, butter, baking soda, boiling water, egg, vanilla, sugar, flour, baking powder, walnuts, maraschino cherry

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/date-and-nut-cake-with-cherries-188632 (may not work)