Date Coffee Cake
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 egg
½ cup milk (if your batter is very dry add a little more milk)
1 ¾ cup flour (sifted
¾ pound dates (clean and remove stones, cut into pieces)approximately 2 cups
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon Watkins vanilla (baking or double strength)
Little salt
Watkins Cinnamon and sugar for the top
Cream butter, add sugar, mix well, add alternatively little milk and flour sifted with baking powder, Watkins vanilla. Mix thoroughly, place batter into buttered baking pan. Press dates into batter. Sprinkle top with little granulated sugar, and Watkins Cinnamon. Bake about 30 minutes in a 375 degree oven or until done.