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Picnic Cake (Chocolate Chip Date Cake)

Vivian Rudeen
Dates!? They make the cake very moist and you can’t even taste them!
Ingredients Instructions

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup chopped dates
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 1/4 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 cup oleo
  • pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 ounces chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions
 

  1. Combine dates, soda and boiling water. Let stand. In large bowl, combine sugar, flour, eggs, nuts, cocoa, oleo, salt and vanilla. Cream butter with sugar; add eggs; add dry ingredients; add date mixture; mix well. Grease and flour 9×13 pan. Pour in mixture. Sprinkle chocolate chips and 1/2 cup sugar on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.