Queen elizabeth cake 3

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       Title: Queen Elizabeth Cake 3
  Categories: Cakes, Canadian
       Yield: 6 servings
  
 -----------------------------------BATTER-----------------------------------
       1 c  Dates                               1    Egg, beaten
       1 c  Boiling water                   1 1/2 c  Flour
       1 ts Vanilla                             1 ts Baking powder
     1/4 c  Margarine                           1 ts Baking soda
       1 c  Sugar                             1/2 ts Salt
 
 ----------------------------------TOPPING----------------------------------
       6 tb Brown sugar                         1 c  Coconut
       3 tb Butter                              1 pn Salt
       4 tb Canned milk                    
  
   Cook dates, water and vanilla to soft mass.  Cream margarine, sugar and
   egg.  Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.  Add date mixture.  Pour into
   a 9 x 9 greased pan and bake at 325F for 35 minutes.
   
   While cake is baking, put all the topping ingredients into a small pot and
   bring to a boil.  Boil for 3 minutes.  When cake is baked, remove from
   oven, spread topping on it and place under the broiler to brown.  Watch
   carefully, because it could burn. Helen Peagram, F-Cooking
  
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