Poker Dater Cake

This is a date cake with chocolate chips. My mother-in-law gave me this recipe and has made it for years when company comes. I love dates so this is a favorite of mine.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 10-12
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups dates
• 1  cup water
• 1  cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking soda
• 6  ounces chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup pecans

Directions

1. Bring to boil then simmer finely chopped pitted dates until soft you might need more water if they do not soften with just 1 cup of water.
2. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs add soften dates to batter mix add 3 oz's of chocolate chips.
3. Keep remaining 3 oz's of chocolate chips and pecans for topping of cake batter before putting in the oven.
4. Pour batter into 9 x 13 pan sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips to the top of the cake batter with the nuts.
5. Bake at 350 for 1 hour until the center of the cake is done.
6. If the cake center is not done bake a little bit longer.
7. When you take the cake out of the oven the center will sink.
8. Let cool before serving.
9. Will freeze well.