[recipe] Date Chocolate Chip Cake ~ easily vegan!

[Guest guest]

i was digging through my little index card file box of family

favorites looking for a special dessert to make for tonight and

this recipe caught my attention. It was shared with me about

10 years ago by a nice lady i met at a MOPS [moms of

preschoolers] meeting; she had brought it for the snack table

and i pestered her for the recipe until she finally remembered

to write it down.

i didn't realise until today that this moist delicious cake can

actually be easily made into a rich vegan dessert. Try it soon

for yourself, you won't believe how wonderful it is until you do.

 

Date Chocolate Chip Cake

 

1 1/4 cup boiling water

1 cup chopped dates

3/4 cup margarine [use vegan brand]

1 cup sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 heaping Tbs. cocoa powder

 

Topping:

1 cup chocolate chips [use a vegan brand like Sunspire]

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup chopped nuts

 

~ In a mixing bowl, combine the boiling water, chopped dates,

margarine and sugar; stir together and allow to cool to room

temperature.

~ In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda

and cocoa, then add this to the cooled date mixture and stir

until just combined. Pour cake batter into a greased 9x13 inch

cake pan.

~ In the same small bowl you used to combine the dry ingredients,

stir together the three topping ingredients: chocolate chips, brown

sugar and nuts.

~ Sprinkle the topping evenly over the top of the cake batter and

gently press down the topping slightly with your hand.

~ Bake cake in a preheated 350û oven for about 30 minutes.

Yield: serves 12 to 16 [ depending on how you slice it ]

 

~ pt ~

 

Bless, O Threefold true and bountiful,

Myself, my spouse and my children,

My tender children and their beloved mother at

their head,

On the fragrant plain, at the gay mountain

sheiling,

On the fragrant plain, at the gay mountain

sheiling...

~ Carmina Gadelica, an island of South Uist Beltaine Blessing