Recipe

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• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 (8 oz) box chopped dates
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 1/2 cups self-rising flour

• 1 Sprinkle baking soda over chopped dates in a bowl.
• 2 Cover with boiling water and cool for 1 hour.
• 3 Prepare toffee by heating heavy cream in a saucepan and set aside.
• 4 Heat 1/2 cup butter or margarine and brown sugar in a medium saucepan to a boil and cook for 2 minutes while stirring.
• 5 Remove from heat, stir in cream and set aside.
• 6 Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• 8 Beat 1/2 cup butter and sugar in a mixer bowl until fluffy.
• 9 Add eggs and beat 1 minute.
• 10 Alternately beat in self-rising flour and date mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• 11 Pour into prepared pan.
• 12 Bake for 45 minutes.
• 13 Cool in pan for 1 hour.
• 14 Pour toffee over cake in pan.