Chocolate Chip Cake

Grandma’s recipe she would make at Christmas

1 cup chopped dates
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 cup oil
1 cup sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 ¾ cup sifted flour (sift before measuring)
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Cocoa
2cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup chopped nuts (pecans)

Pour the boiling water over the chopped dates. Add the soda and let this stand while you put together the rest of the cake.
Mix the oil, sugar, and eggs together. In another bowl have all of the dry ingredients combined; add them to the wet mixture and add 1 cup of the chocolate chips to the batter. Pour into either 2 round greased and floured 9-inch pans or a 9x13 cake pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips and the nuts. Bake at 350 degrees till done.