Date Cake
— Mrs. Hiram Gibbs
1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, butter size walnut, yolk 1 egg, 11/2 cup flour, 1 tsp. Royal baking powder, pinch salt, 1/2 package dates, 1/2 cup nuts, 1 cup boiling water. Stone dates and cut in thirds. Pour over them the boiling water. Cream sugar, butter and egg yolk. Add dates, water, chopped nuts, flour, baking powder and soda.
For the filling, put 1/2 cup nuts and 1/2 package dates through food chopper. Add 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar. Stir well, and add enough cream or milk to spread. Beat well.
For the frosting, beat the white of the egg stiff. Boil 1 cup granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water until it threads. Pour on the egg. Add 1/2 tsp. Slade's cream of tartar and 1 tsp. vanilla, and continue to beat until it is thick enough to spread.
— Mrs. H. P. Frost