Mayonnaise Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup dates
• 1 cup nut meats
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cup flour
• 2 tsp cocoa
• 1 tsp vanilla

Method

1. Mix the dates, nuts, boiling water and baking soda together.
2. Mix the mayonnaise and sugar together.
3. Sift the flour and cocoa together and when the date mixture is cool, mix everything together alternately, adding one teaspoon vanilla.
4. Bake in 2 layers at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

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