Recipes/Date-Pecan cake

This is an old recipe I found and modified, which is simple and very tasty!

Ingredients:

• 1 C pitted and chopped dates
• 1 C chopped sugared pecans
• 1 C boiling water
• 1/2 C oil
• 1 C brown sugar
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 T rum
• 1 egg
• 1.5 C whole wheat flour
• 1 packet baking powder

Preheat oven to 180C (350F).

Put water to boil, in the meantime chop and pit the dates. Put the dates in a Pyrex mixing bowl and pour the boiling water over them. Add the brown sugar, and let sit until warm. Add the oil, vanilla, rum and half the flour -- stir until uniform. Add the egg, baking powder, nuts and remainder flour and mix until uniform.

Turn out into an oiled pan (or as I'm doing, two of the small disposable aluminum baking pans). Bake for 45-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.