Date Cake

Note: It's been awhile, but here is another recipe with no instructions other than ingredients and baking time and temp. I'm assuming you blend all this together and put it in a cake pan of sorts, but figuring it out is all part of the fun here at Elaine's Old Fashioned Recipes.

2 Tbsp. butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup hot water
1 1/2 cups flour
1 pkg. dates
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt

Bake slow at 350 degrees - about 30 to 40 minutes