Ingredients
- 1 12 cups dates
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup butter
- 1 12 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 14 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 34 cups flour
- 1 14 teaspoons baking soda
- 6 ounces chocolate chips
- 12 cup pecans
Instructions
- 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.
- Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs add soften dates to batter mix add 3 oz's of chocolate chips.
- Keep remaining 3 oz's of chocolate chips and pecans for topping of cake batter before putting in the oven.
- Pour batter into 9 x 13 pan sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips to the top of the cake batter with the nuts.
- Bake at 350 for 1 hour until the center of the cake is done.
- If the cake center is not done bake a little bit longer.
- When you take the cake out of the oven the center will sink.
- Let cool before serving.
- Will freeze well.
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