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Chocolate Date Cake
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 1
Categories:
Cakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients: 5
ea
Egg 3
c
Granulated sugar 1 1/2
c
Salad dressing 2
ts
Pure vanilla 2
c
All purpose flour 1
c
Unsweetened cocoa powder
8-10 oz diced seedless
-dates 1
sm
Pkg chocolate chip morsel 1/2
ts
Baking powder 1/2
ts
Baking soda 1/4
ts
Instant coffee powder
-dissolved in 1/4 cup
-boiling water 1
c
Buttermilk
Powdered sugar or fresh
-whipped cream
Directions:
Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan or 2 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pans; set
aside. In a large bowl with electric mixer on high speed, beat eggs,
sugar, salad dressing and vanilla four minutes or until light and
fluffy. Scrape sides of bowl. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking
powder, baking soda and salt. Stir buttermilk into coffee mixture. On
low speed, add flour mixture and coffee mixture alternately in thirds
to egg mixture, beating until well-blended. Add 1/4 cup flour to
dates and chocolate morsels and shake. Slowly add diced dates to
batter. Gently fold chocolate morsels into batter. Pour batter into
prepared pans. Bake in center rack in preheated oven at 325 degreed
for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center
comes out clean. Remove from oven. Cool in pans for 30 minutes and
turn onto wire rack completely cooled. If desired, dust with powdered
sugar or slice and serve with fresh sweetened whipped cream. This
cake freezes well.
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