Queen Elizabeth Cake

1/3 cup Orange Juice
1 cup Date Crystals®
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Mix orange juice and Date Crystals®. Let stand 15 min. Then add boiling water, baking soda. Set aside. In a separate bowl, cream until fluffy the margarine and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Sift together in margarine mixture the flour and baking powder. Add alternately with date mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts. Bake in a well-greased and floured 9×9 pan at 350° F, for about 45 min. or until cake tests done. Serve with whipping cream.