Recipe of Genevieve Hedden (Thomas Hedden's mother)
1½ cups all-purpose flour 1½ cups white sugar 16 ounces diced dates 4 cups whole pecans (about a 1 pound package) ½ cup (1 stick) butter (at room temperature; don't use margarine!) 4 large eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoons vanilla angel food cake pan wax paper
Cut wax paper to fit bottom of angel food cake pan. Grease and flour paper and pan.
In mixing bowl combine butter, sugar, salt, eggs, vanila, and ½ cup of the flour. Use electric mixer to mix thoroughly. Add baking powder and mix again.
In separate bowl mix rest of flour with dates and pecans. Hand stir this mixture into batter.
Place batter in angel food cake pan and allow to rest for 1 hour before baking. Bake at 350° F for 50 minutes. Reduce heat to 325° F and bake for additional 5-10 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Start making another one, because this one will disappear shortly after people taste it.
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