Chocolate Chip Date Cake
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 - 1:10am

Ingredients




2 cups heavy cream
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup (6 oz.) chopped dates
1 cup hot water
1 3/4 cups flour
3 tablespoons cocoa unsweetened
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter (at room temp.)
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 lg. eggs
1 cup chocolate chips

Preparation

1 For easier slicing refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. The texture will be lighter. 2 Frosting: Heat cream in medium saucepan just until simmering; remove from heat. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted. Transfer to metal bowl. Cool; cover and refrigerate until thick (3 hours). (This process can be speeded up by placing bowl in ice water and stir.) 3 Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 (8 inch) layer cake pans or 1 (9x13 inch) pan. If using layer pan, grease wax paper and line pan. 4 Put dates in small bowl; cover with hot water. Set aside. Mix flour, cocoa and soda. Set aside. In large bowl mix butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended. Stir in flour mixture alternately with dates and water until well blended. Fold in chips. Spread in prepared pans. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes clean. 5 Cool in pans 5 minutes on rack. Invert on rack. Peel off paper. Cool completely. Frost. If not served within 2 hours, refrigerate.