Travelin' Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. diced dates
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. plus 3 Tbsp. hot water
1 c. sugar
1 c. butter or margarine (2 sticks)
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1 Tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Preheat oven
to
350\u00b0.
Place\tdates in small bowl and sprinkle with baking
soda\tand
hot water.
Let stand 5 to 10 minutes to plump dates.
In large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter
(margarine)
together.
Add
eggs and beat well again. Sift
flour,
salt and cocoa together.
Add dry ingredients to sugar/butter
mixture
in small amounts, alternating with date mix.
Add
vanilla and mix well.
Fold in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.