Great-Great-Aunt Tillie's Date Cake | Two Jade Bowls

Ingredients

• 1 cup walnuts
• 2 1/4 cups 2 1/4 cups flour (separated as 2 cups and 1/4 cup)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup butter or vegan butter
• 1 cup Medjool dates
• 1 cup buttermilk (or oatmilk and vegan yogurt combined to make 1 cup with buttermilk consistency)
• 1 egg
• zest of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves or nutmeg
• scant 1/4 teaspoon sea salt