Best Hermit Cake Recipes

OLD HERMIT CAKE

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This recipe is over 100 years old and it tastes like hermit cookies. Use only butter in this recipe.

Provided by Carol

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
3 cups packed brown sugar
6 eggs
1 lemon, juiced
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
3 cups dates, pitted and chopped
3 cups chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
Cream butter and sugar together well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon juice and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well.
Turn into greased and floured 10 inch angel food tube pan. Bake in oven for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 848 calories, Carbohydrate 105.8 g, Cholesterol 149.4 mg, Fat 45.3 g, Fiber 5.8 g, Protein 11.9 g, SaturatedFat 18.9 g, Sodium 413.1 mg, Sugar 66.8 g

OLD HERMIT CAKE

OLD HERMIT CAKE image

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
3 cups (packed) brown sugar
6 eggs
1 lemon, juiced
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups dates, pitted and chopped
3 cups walnuts, chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
Cream butter and sugar together well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon juice and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well.
Turn into greased and floured 10-inch angel food tube pan.
Bake in oven for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

HERMIT CAKE

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This recipe comes from a 1968 recipe book titled,"Favorite Recipes From Church of GOD Ladies". Each of the recipes has the ladies' name and home town and I will include this with the recipe and if you know or are related to this person, I would really like to know. The recipes I post from this cookbook are ones I have tried and...

Provided by Billie Neal

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

5 c flour
1 lb dates, chopped
1 1/3 round nuts, chopped
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 lb butter
3 c brown sugar
6 eggs
juice of 1 lemon
4 tsp vanilla

Steps:

1. Combine 1 cup flour, dates and nuts; mix well.
2. Sift remaining flour with baking powder, salt and spices.
3. Cream butter and sugar well; add eggs, 1 at a time.
4. Add flour mixture, lemon juice and vanilla; mix well.
5. Pour batter over date mixture; mix with hands.
6. Pour into tube cake pan.
7. Bake in 275-degree oven for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Mrs. Frances Nickell Marfrance Church of God LWWB Marfrance, West Virginia