Chocolate Chip Date Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup boiling water
1 cup dates, cut up
1 cup oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pinch salt
1 1/2 cups flour
TOPPING
1 (8 ounce) package chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Pour boiling water over dates and set aside to cool.
Mix 1 cup sugar, oil, eggs, cocoa, dates with water, baking soda, salt and vanilla together and blend well.
Stir in the flour until well blended.
Pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch cake pan.
Sprinkle the topping ingredients on top of cake mixture in this order: chocolate chips, walnuts and sugar.
Bake for 35-40 minutes. Cool.