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Chocolate Chip Date Nut Cake
Joan
"This has always been a family favorite. Very rich!"
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Ingredients
1 h 30 m servings 203 calsOriginal recipe yields 24 servings (1 - 9x13 inch cake)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch baking pan.
- Bring water to a boil. Pour over chopped dates and baking soda. Let stand until cool. Stir in the sugar, flour, mayonnaise, and salt. Mix until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Mix the brown sugar, chopped nuts, and chocolate chips together. Sprinkle over top of batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 203 calories; 10 g fat; 28.2 g carbohydrates; 1.8 g protein; 3 mg cholesterol; 107 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
8/20/2009
This recipe sounds like the one my Mother use to make when I was a young girl. After her death her recipes were lost in the moving. I do remember that my mother never did anything with the top...
Most helpful critical review
1/23/2001
Has anyone tried this? My family was very disappointed as the only good about it was the topping. It was heavy and chewy and tasteless.
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1/23/2001
Has anyone tried this? My family was very disappointed as the only good about it was the topping. It was heavy and chewy and tasteless.
8/20/2009
This recipe sounds like the one my Mother use to make when I was a young girl. After her death her recipes were lost in the moving. I do remember that my mother never did anything with the top...
3/16/2007
This recipe is easy to make and is a very moist cake. My Mom has made this for years and it is a family favorite. Even people that say they don't like dates,just love this cake.
12/23/2004
When I tried this recipe I sifted my dry ingredients first before adding to the dates/water. I mixed the baking soda with the dry ingredients. I also mixed together the mayo and sugar together a...
1/27/2007
Topping ingredients are WAY OFF. I ended up using 1 cup (of each) nuts, brown sugar and chocolate chips.
1/18/2005
I enjoyed this cake, as did my husband, but overall it lacked pizzazz. Perhaps I'll experiment with using molasses and brown sugar for a darker cake and maybe some cloves, nutmeg and allspice fo...
1/24/2006
I think this would be very good if made by the recipe. I tried to double the amount of topping, so it got a little burnt before the cake got done. It was still good, though. I will try it again ...
4/11/2017
I love dates and nuts, and the combination of all the ingredients sounded like it would be great. However, I think that I would have preferred the chocolate and nuts to be inside the cake rathe...
3/25/2016
Really fast prep snack cake that doesn't need eggs or butter. Four kids ate the whole thing while it was still warm.