Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 c boiling water
- 1 c sugar
- 1 1/2 c flour
- 1 c dates
- 1/4 c margarine
- 1 ts baking powder
- 1 ts baking soda
- 1 ts vanilla
- 1/2 ts salt
----------------------------------TOPPING---------------------------------6 tb Brown sugar 1 c Coconut 3 tb Butter 1 pn Salt 4 tb Canned milk Cook dates, water and vanilla to soft mass. Cream margarine, sugar and egg. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Add date mixture. Pour into a 9 x 9 greased pan and bake at 325F for 35 minutes. While cake is baking, put all the topping ingredients into a small pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. When cake is baked, remove from oven, spread topping on it and place under the broiler to brown. Watch carefully, because it could burn. Helen Peagram, F-Cooking ----