Quick Cake
1/3 cup soft butter 1½ cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 3 teaspoons baking powder 1½ teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1/2 lb. dates, stoned and cut in pieces Put ingredients in a bowl and beat all together for three minutes, using a wooden cake spoon. Bake in a buttered and floured cake pan thirty-five to forty minutes. If directions are followed this makes a most satisfactory cake; but if ingredients are added separately it will not prove a success. 2/3 cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs