125 g soft butter
185 g Treacle sugar
4 eggs lightly beaten
250 g self raising flour
5 ml bicarbonate of soda
30 ml cocoa mixed with 30 ml water
125 g dates finely chopped
300 ml boiling water
100 g chocolate chips
METHOD
- Cream butter and sugar together
- Add beaten eggs 1 a little at a time
- Fold in the self raising flour
- Mix the bicarbonate of soda and cocoa water mixture together
- Pour over the dates in a bowl
- Then pour on the boiling water
- Stir and leave to cool a little
- Pour the mixture in a 23 cm round loose bottomed cake tin which as been line with a double thickness of greaseproof paper
- Bake at 180°C for approximately 75 minutes or until springy to the touch
- Serve with custard if desired
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