Poker Dater Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups dates
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 bring to boil then simmer finely chopped pitted dates until soft you might need more water if they do not soften with just 1 cup of water.
• 2 cream butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs add soften dates to batter mix add 3 oz's of chocolate chips.
• 3 keep remaining 3 oz's of chocolate chips and pecans for topping of cake batter before putting in the oven.
• 4 pour batter into 9 x 13 pan sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips to the top of the cake batter with the nuts.
• 5 bake at 350 for 1 hour until the center of the cake is done.
• 6 if the cake center is not done bake a little bit longer.
• 7 when you take the cake out of the oven the center will sink.
• 8 let cool before serving.
• 9 will freeze well.