Chocolate Chip Date Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb chopped dates
2 cups water (hot)
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups chocolate chips
4 cups flour
1 1/3 cups margarine
1 tablespoon cocoa powder (plus)
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
4 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F.
Grease (2) 9\" x 13\" cake pans.
Combine flour, coco powder, baking soda, salt and sugar whisk, then add eggs and margerine in electric mixer bowl and combine.
Add water and dates.
Combine walnuts and chocolate chips and reserve 1/2 for cake topping.
Add the other half to the batter and mix inches.
Spread batter into pans and add the reserved nuts and chocolate chips as a topping for the cakes.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cakes are cool and before serving.