{"id":1662,"date":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","slug":"choco-date-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/choco-date-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Choco Date Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>8 ounces pitted dates<br \/>\n1 1\/4 C. water<br \/>\n1 1\/4 C. unbleached all-purpose flour; sifted<br \/>\n1 1\/4 tsp. baking soda<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n3\/4 C. butter or regular margarine<br \/>\n1 C. sugar<br \/>\n2 large eggs<br \/>\n1 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n1\/2 C. quick cooking oats (not instant)<br \/>\n6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips<br \/>\n1 packet sweetened whipped cream<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Combine the dates and water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and  simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool completely. Sift the  flour, baking soda and salt together, blending well, then set aside. Cream the butter and  sugar together in a medium mixing bowl, until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set  on medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in  the vanilla. Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, blending well. Stir in the date  mixture, oats, and chocolate chips, mixing until well blended. Pour the batter into a  greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes  or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.  Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Serve the cake topped with sweetened whipped cream.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,&quot; (1Corinthians 3:2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/choco-date-cake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}