---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: QUEEN ELIZABETH CAKE
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
           -Pat Dwigans fwds07a-
    1/4 c  Butter
      1 c  Sugar
  1-1/2 c  Flour
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/2 c  Nuts; chopped
      1 c  Boiling water
      1 c  Date; chopped
      1 ts Baking soda

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      5 tb Sugar
      5 tb Evaporated milk
      2 tb Butter
           Toasted coconut and nuts
 
     Pour boiling water over chopped dates.  Let stand until cool and then
  add baking soda.  Cream sugar and butter well. Add eggs, flour, vanilla and
  nuts.  Add date mixture. Pour into a long flat pan or a loaf pan and bake
  at 350° for 25-30 minutes.

     Topping.  Combine sugar, milk and butter in pan and boil until thick
  approximately 3 minutes.  Spread on top of cake and sprinkle with coconut
  and nuts.
 
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