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Queen Elizabeth Cake
Yield: 6 Servings

1 c dates
1 c boiling water
1 ts vanilla
1/4 c margarine
1 c sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 c flour
1 ts baking powder
1 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt

6 tb brown sugar
3 tb butter
4 tb canned milk
1 c coconut
pinch salt

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. 

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