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Matrimonial Cake. 1 cup butter or oil. 1 ½ cups boiling water. Cook slowly over a low fire until soft. Cool Mix often to prevent burning. Mix all dry ingredients with butter. Grease shallow cake pan. Cover with ½ of ingredients and then cover with date filling and with balance of dry ingredients.
Stir in the lemon juice. Set aside. cake:. Mix flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Press half of the crumbs into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Top with Date filling mixture. Spread evenly with a spatula. Top with remaining half of crumbs.
Sue, with long standing family ties to Canada, told us that our American Date Bars are often called Matrimonial Cake in Canada. The blog Little Gray Bird offers some reasons for the name. It appears to be a western Canadian thing to refer to date squares as matrimonial cake.
PER SERVING % DAILY VALUE Date filling: Place water and dates in saucepan. Cover and cook on low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the filling is thickened and smooth. If the cooking mixture is too thick, add a little water. Stir in the lemon juice. Set aside. cake:.
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