Chocolate Date Picnic Cake

Preparation: Baked Goods
Course: Chocolate Cakes
Yield:

Chocolate Date Picnic Cake ingredients

Cake:
1⁄2 c Dates; chopped
1⁄2 t Baking soda
1⁄2 c Boiling water
1 c flour
1⁄2 c Sugar
1 T Cocoa; Unsweetened
1⁄4 t Baking soda
1⁄4 t Salt
1⁄2 c butter Or margarine
-softened
1⁄2 t vanilla
1 Eggs
1⁄2 c Semisweet chocolate chips
Topping:
1⁄2 c Semisweet chocolate chips
1⁄4 c nuts chopped
2 T Sugar

Cooking Chocolate Date Picnic Cake

1. Recipe by: Sue Klapper Heat oven to 350. Greasei and flour bottom only of 8 inch square pan. In large bowl, combine dates, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and water; stir.
2. Cool 5 mintues.
3. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour and remaining cake ingredients except chips; blend at low speed until well combined.
4. Beat 2 mintues at medium speed.
5. S Stiri in 1/2 cup chips.
6. Pour batter into greased and floured pan. Sprinkle topping ingredients evenly over batter.
7. Bakei at 350 for 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Serve warm or cool; top with whipped cream, if desired.
9. Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fruit, 4 fat.
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