Chocolate Date Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. cut up dates + 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cube butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• a pinch of salt
• 1 Tbsp. baking cocoa
• 1 Jumbo Hershey bar
• Walnuts

Directions

Pour 1 cup boiling water over dates and 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 and 1 Tablespoon baking cocoa to mixture. Pour off water from dates for liquid and beat. Add dates and mix in.

Pour into greased and floured 11x13 pan. Chop 1 cup walnuts and sprinkle over batter. Chop a JUMBO Hershey bar and put on top of walnuts Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Let cool in pan. cut like brownies. ENJOY With a cold glass of milk!

By Great Granny Vi from Moorpark, CA