Poka Date Cake

This is a delicious cake. My grandma made it for my mother when she was a child and my mom fed it to me. Now I continue the generation by feeding it to my family. Why don't you do the same and start a new tradition in your family.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups  chopped dates
• 1  cup hot water
• 1  cup butter
• 1 3⁄4 cups white sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 1⁄2 cups  chopped  nuts (optional)

Directions

1. Mix 1 1/4 cup of chopped dates with 1 cup of hot water. Cool.
2. Cream 1 cup of butter with 1 3/4 of white sugar.
3. Add 2 eggs and beat well.
4. Add 1 3/4 cups flour and 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
5. Stir in date mixture and tsp of vanilla.
6. Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
7. Spread in a greased 15 x 10 inch pan.
8. Top with 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 1/2 of chopped nuts (optional).
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.