Date-Nut Torte

This is a good snacking cake if you like dates. I'm a big fan and bought a box of medjool dates recently so went looking through my cookbooks for something sweet to make with them. This is quite a simple recipe - two cups of chopped dates and a cup of toasted walnuts, baked in a simple cake batter with a hint of anise. It is dense enough to pass as a bar rather than a cake and I'm not sure why it's called a torte in the recipe, other than its denseness and nut content. Still, definitely tasty.