Chocolate Chip Date Nut Cake
photo by Ian Magary
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
2 cakes
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 1 lb chopped dates
- 2 cups water (hot)
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 4 cups flour
- 1 1⁄3 cups margarine
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (plus)
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Grease (2) 9" x 13" cake pans.
- Combine flour, coco powder, baking soda, salt and sugar whisk, then add eggs and margerine in electric mixer bowl and combine.
- Add water and dates.
- Combine walnuts and chocolate chips and reserve 1/2 for cake topping.
- Add the other half to the batter and mix inches.
- Spread batter into pans and add the reserved nuts and chocolate chips as a topping for the cakes.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cakes are cool and before serving.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ian Magary
Gardnerville
Retired Navy Deepsea Diver (11 yrs) then Explosive Ordnance Disposal (14 yrs). I love to cook, especially with my children! We make some fantastic creations! Married to a wonderful woman, Kimberly Anne Magary and reside in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains.?