Coconut Date Cake
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 4 ounces butter (Stork, of course) or 4 ounces margarine (Stork, of course)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1⁄2 cup coconut
- 1 cup hot water
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Filling
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup coconut
- 1⁄2 cup chopped dates
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
directions
- Pour hot water over dates and baking soda; leave aside.
- Cream butter/margarine and sugar, add beaten egg.
- Stir in date mixture and add vanilla, salt and coconut,
- Stir in sifted flout and baking powder.
- Bake in 2 prepared cake pans at 375 degrees F for 20 - 30 minutes.
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Filling:
- Cook sugar, cocoa, water, dates and butter/margarine until thick. Add coconut.
- To be spread between the two cake layers.
- Decorate top of cake with chocolate icing.
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