Chocolate Chip Date Cake
photo by Diana S.
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 9x13 cake pan
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup dates, cut up
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 teaspoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
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TOPPING
- 1 (8 ounce) package chocolate chips
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Pour boiling water over dates and set aside to cool.
- Mix 1 cup sugar, oil, eggs, cocoa, dates with water, baking soda, salt and vanilla together and blend well.
- Stir in the flour until well blended.
- Pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch cake pan.
- Sprinkle the topping ingredients on top of cake mixture in this order: chocolate chips, walnuts and sugar.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes. Cool.
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One of my favorite childhood cakes! I've always known it as Westhaven Cake. Don't know where that name came from (probably from my mom so she could hide the fact that dates are in it!!!). The only difference from my recipe is I use a cup of butter instead of oil. Plus I always put the baking soda with the dates and pour hot water on top of both. (I just use hot water straight out of the tap - no boiling). I never added sugar to the topping until recently. Good both ways...
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One of my favorite childhood cakes! I've always known it as Westhaven Cake. Don't know where that name came from (probably from my mom so she could hide the fact that dates are in it!!!). The only difference from my recipe is I use a cup of butter instead of oil. Plus I always put the baking soda with the dates and pour hot water on top of both. (I just use hot water straight out of the tap - no boiling). I never added sugar to the topping until recently. Good both ways...
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tom Lambie
Little Chute, Wisconsin
I enjoy cooking and have done so for the past 30 years. I worked in several food service areas before moving on to a non-cooking job. Cooking has become a hobby of mine and one I enjoy very much. I enjoy creating new recipes. I have several very good recipes from my grandmother, who by the way has taught me everythig I know about cooking. I have many recipes that I have collected over the years. I will try to post as many of them as I can over the course of time. Please view them.