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      Title: West Haven Chocolate Cake
 Categories: Fruits, Chocolate, Cakes/choc.
      Yield: 16 servings
 
      8 oz Dates; pitted, chopped              1 ts Baking soda
      1 c  ;boiling water                  1 3/4 c  Flour; unbleached, sifted
      2 tb Cocoa; baking                     1/2 ts Salt
      1 c  Shortening; vegetable               1 c  Sugar
      2 ea Eggs; large                         6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
    1/2 c  Walnuts; chopped               
 
  Combine dates, baking soda, and boiling water in a small bowl.  Cool to
  room terperature.  Sift together the flour, cocoa, and salt; set aside.
  Cream the shortening and sugar together in a mixing bowl until light and
  fluffy, using an electric mixer at medium speed.  Add eggs, one at a time,
  beating well after each addition.  Blend in date mixture. Then stir in dry
  ingredients.  Pour into a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Bake in
  preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool
  in pan on rack.  Cut into squares and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice
  cream on top.
 
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