Luxury Cakes :: Wedding Cake, Birthday Cake Toronto

Ingredients

1/2 lb - Cut up dates
1 tsp - Baking soda
1 cube - Butter or margarine
1 cup - Sugar
2 large - Eggs
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 Tb - Baking Cocoa
1 cup - Chopped Walnuts
1 jumbo Bar Hershey's Chocolate
pinch of Salt

Instructions

Oven Temp ~ 375°F
Recipe Bake Time ~ 30 - 35 minutes
Pan Type ~ 11 x 13 pan

Preheat oven, grease and flour pan.

- Pour 1 cup boiling water over dates & soda - let stand.
- Melt 1 cube butter or margarine (not whipped) and pour over 1 cup white sugar.
- Beat 2 eggs and add to sugar mixture.
- Mix in 1-1/2 cups flour, a pinch of salt (1/8 teaspoon) and 1 Tablespoon baking cocoa to mixture.
- Use the water from the soaking dates for liquid and beat.
- Add dates and mix in.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Chop 1 cup walnuts and sprinkle over batter.
- Chop a JUMBO Hershey bar and place on top of walnuts.
- Bake until toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan. cut the chocolate date cake like you would brownies.

Too yummy with a cold glass of milk.