let them eat chocolate chip date cake

[cimorene]

wax_jism is so unimaginative that when given the option to request anything!, she asks for the same plain chocolate-on-chocolate cake I've been making for her for the past three years. ;__; This is the universe's revenge for how my mom always had to make chocolate chip date cake twice a year for me and Daddy, isn't it? Anyway, have the recipe for chocolate chip date cake (my personal favourite) instead.


Chocolate Chip Date Cake

Dates:
5 oz dates or more (Mama uses the whole packet, 225 g)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (2,4 dL) boiling water

Mix together and let stand.

Batter:
1 cup (2,4 dL) sugar
2 cups (4,8 dL) flour
1 cup (2,4 dL) mayonnaise
a dash salt

Beat until smooth. Add date mixture. Spread into greased and floured (approx 9x13") pan.

Crumble topping:
1 or 1 / 2 cup (1,2 - 2,4 dL) brown sugar
1 / 2 cup (1,2 dL) chopped nuts (preferably walnut, pecan)
1 cup (2,4 dL) chocolate chips or minced chocolate bits

Combine and spread on top. Bake at 350°F/175°C for 40 minutes or until done.

Comments

[dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com]

should make that 4 her; maybe she wld c the lite. Lil's been requesting it 2!

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't actually have any dates or mayo, so it'd be a big shopping trip. Plus I already made a two-layer Chocolate Cake of Doom.

[dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com]

it is never a good idea to make the wrong cake. However, if that wrong cake contains a lot of chocolate, it's not actually a "bad" idea.

[crowbars.livejournal.com]

mayo in a CAKE?

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Mayo is actually pretty common in cakes. It changes the lightness/moisture, as I understand it, a ratio that's usually affected primarily by the ratios of eggs, oils, leavening, and dry ingredients.