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      Title: WEST HAVEN CHOCOLATE CAKE
 Categories: Chocolate, Cakes, Fruits, Desserts
      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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