Chocolate Chip Date Cake

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels
• 1 cup dates chopped
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons cocoa unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter at room temp.
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• eggs 2 lg.
• 1 cup chocolate chips

1. Frosting: Heat cream in medium saucepan just until simmering; remove from heat. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted. Transfer to metal bowl. Cool; cover and refrigerate until thick (3 hours). (This process can be speeded up by placing bowl in ice water and stir.)
2. Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 (8 inch) layer cake pans or 1 (9x13 inch) pan. If using layer pan, grease wax paper and line pan.
3. Put dates in small bowl; cover with hot water. Set aside. Mix flour, cocoa and soda. Set aside. In large bowl mix butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended. Stir in flour mixture alternately with dates and water until well blended. Fold in chips. Spread in prepared pans. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes clean.
4. Cool in pans 5 minutes on rack. Invert on rack. Peel off paper. Cool completely. Frost. If not served within 2 hours, refrigerate.

heavy cream, semisweet chocolate morsels, dates, water, flour, cocoa, baking soda, butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, chocolate chips

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-Chip-Date-Cake-1653063 (may not work)