Perhaps a cake for your dates? I think that’s just a mistake, but she called it Dates Cake so I will too! I will cobble together a method under the ingredients. Keep in mind this has no oven temperature or cook time, so it’s just a guess.

Dates Cake

1 pkg dates

1 cup water

Come to boil

1 egg

1 tbsp butter

1 cup sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cup flour

Chop dates, then add them to the water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. In a separate bowl, beat the egg, butter and sugar together. Sift the baking soda with the flour, then add to the sugar mix. Beat to combine, then add the dates, beat well. Bake at 350, start checking at 20 minutes, then check for doneness every 5 minutes after until a knife comes out clean.