Gaga's Date Nut Cake

Ingredients:
1/4 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 lb dates
1 lb english walnuts in shell or 2 cups meat
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking powder

Beat eggs, add sugar, beat again add vanilla. Then add sifted dry ingredients add nuts and dates rolled with part of flour. Bake about 1 hour 20 minutes at 250 degrees. Never any hotter than 250. My new stove took 1 1/2 hours.

I used Splenda in the place of the sugar. I put parchment paper in the bottom of the pan so it would be easier to remove. Daddy says that Gaga's had more batter and the dates and nuts sunk to the bottom. Following this recipe (which was in her recipe box) there is very little batter and it is very dense.