Best Date Pecan Chocolate Cake Recipes

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MOIST CHOCOLATE CHIP DATE CAKE



Moist Chocolate Chip Date Cake image

"I remember begging my mother to make this moist cake back in the '50s," says Kathy Frees from Fergus Falls, Minnesota. "Instead of sticky frosting, it's covered with sugar and nuts and is a wonderful treat to take along on picnics."

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 50m

Yield 20 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup chopped dates
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda, divided
1-1/2 cups boiling water
3/4 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
1 large egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Steps:

  • Place dates and 1 teaspoon baking soda in a large bowl. Stir in boiling water; cool completely. , In another large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, salt and remaining baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with date mixture., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining sugar; top with chocolate chips and nuts. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 299 calories, Fat 15g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 159mg sodium, Carbohydrate 42g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

OLD SOUTHERN CHOCOLATE PECAN SHEET CAKE



Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake image

I received this recipe from an old Southern cook, a copy of a copy of a typed-up sheet from long ago, annotated with her notes (which included the word oleo instead of margarine). I've never seen another chocolate cake recipe like it, which instructs the cook to heat part of the cake batter on the stove, and pour the cooked icing over a hot cake. The result is a wonderfully rich (yet surprisingly light) chocolate sheet cake topped with a cooked chocolate and pecan frosting. This cake has an incredible homemade taste, yet is foolproof! Will make you forget Duncan Hines®!

Provided by Leslie41

Categories     Desserts     Nut Dessert Recipes     Pecan Dessert Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup water
½ cup vegetable shortening
½ cup margarine
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup butter
6 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch pan.
  • Mix 2 cups white sugar, flour, and salt in a mixing bowl.
  • Combine water, vegetable shortening, margarine, and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Pour liquid into flour mixture and stir well. Return saucepan to stove and set it aside.
  • Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk in a large liquid measuring cup and stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Pour egg mixture into cake batter and mix until fully combined. Transfer batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake the cake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
  • While cake is baking, prepare icing using reserved saucepan. Combine confectioners' sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, butter, milk, vanilla, and pecans in saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until hot but not boiling. Pour icing over hot cake immediately after it comes out of the oven. Allow cake to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 324.8 calories, Carbohydrate 45.1 g, Cholesterol 24.3 mg, Fat 15.9 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 2.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.7 g, Sodium 185 mg, Sugar 35.7 g

DATE AND PECAN CAKE WITH A GOOEY TOPPING



Date and Pecan Cake With a Gooey Topping image

This is an easy and delicious cake. It has been in my family for years, Its the very 1st cake i baked. I always have chopped dates and nuts in the freezer, so when a recipe calls for either its easy just to whip out.

Provided by lemoncurd

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 1 cake, 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/4 cups of chopped dates
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
125 g butter
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup of chopped pecan nuts
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter

Steps:

  • Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda on dates pour the water over and allow to stand for 15 minutes.
  • Sift the flour and baking powder.
  • Cream butter and sugar well.
  • Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
  • Add sifted flour mixture to the egg mixture.
  • Fold in the date mixture and pecans into the butter and flour mix Bake in a tube or bundt pan@ 180 celsius for 35-45 minute.
  • Allow to cool and pour topping over.
  • Decorate with chocolate covered dates and pecans.
  • TOPPING:.
  • Combine all the topping ingredients in a saucepan and cook on hight for 6-8 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 535.5, Fat 26.4, SaturatedFat 14, Cholesterol 107.7, Sodium 283, Carbohydrate 74, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 55.6, Protein 4.9

DATE, PECAN & CHOCOLATE CAKE



Date, Pecan & Chocolate Cake image

This is from an old issue of Australian Table Mag, the photo looks absolutely to die for, apparently because it only has a small amount of flour it sinks to become deliciously rich & moist.

Provided by Mandy

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

6 egg whites
1 cup caster sugar
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, melted
1 1/4 cups dates, chopped
1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1/4 cup plain flour
fudge sauce, to serve
whipped cream, to serve

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 180.C.
  • Grease and line a 23cm springform pan.
  • Beat eggwhites with a mixer until firm peaks form, gradually beat in sugar, until thick & glossy.
  • Lightly fold in remaining ingredints and pour into prepared pan.
  • Bake 50-60 mins, until firm.
  • Turn off oven leaving cake to cool completely & chill until required.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 401, Fat 14.4, SaturatedFat 6, Sodium 45.3, Carbohydrate 69.9, Fiber 4.7, Sugar 60.1, Protein 6.2

NANA JOSé'S CHOCOLATE PECAN CAKE



Nana José's Chocolate Pecan Cake image

A Passover flourless chocolate pecan torte, served with berries sweetened with shaved piloncillo, raw Mexican brown sugar, and flavored with lime juice.

Provided by Joan Nathan

Categories     dessert

Time 50m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or pareve margarine
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1 cup pecans
6 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
Dash of salt
3 tablespoons grated piloncillo sugar or brown sugar
Finely grated zest of 1 lime
Juice of 2 limes (about 1/4 cup juice)
1 pint strawberries, washed, hulled and halved
1 pint blackberries, washed
Lightly sweetened whipped cream, optional

Steps:

  • For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease with 1 tablespoon butter.
  • Using a double boiler or pan over simmering water, melt together chocolate and remaining 1/4 cup butter. Set aside to cool.
  • Using a blender, chop pecans finely. Add eggs, vanilla, sugar, salt and melted chocolate mixture, blending until smooth. Pour batter into pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes; cake should be moist but not wet. Allow to cool completely.
  • For the garnish: In a large mixing bowl, combine piloncillo or brown sugar, lime zest and lime juice. Add strawberries and blackberries, and toss gently. Just before serving, toss again and spoon on top of cake. If desired, serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 363, UnsaturatedFat 12 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 21 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 63 milligrams, Sugar 36 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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