Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 1/2 c Water
1 (10-ounce container) pitted
Dates, chopped
2 ts Baking soda
1/2 c (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 1/3 c Sugar
4 Eggs
2 ts Vanilla extract
3 c Unsifted all-purpose flour
2 ts Baking powder
1 c Brown sugar
1/3 c Butter
1/3 c Half and half
2 ts Vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Line
bottom with waxed paper or parchment. Grease paper.

Place date pieces in a pot with water and bring to a boil. Stir in
soda and set aside. Cream butter then add sugar and beat until
creamed. Continue beating, adding eggs 2 at a time, mixing until
fluffy, add vanilla. Mix in flour and baking powder, alternating with
dates. Bake in a 325 degree oven until firm, about 40-45 minutes,
cool in pan on a wire rack. Invert cake onto rack; remove paper;
invert cake again. Cover and chill. Cut out triangles. Cover with
sauce. Warm to order-1 minute in microwave.

For sauce, add last 4 ingredients together and boil 3 minutes.
Garnish with caramelized pears and dried pear chips.

Yield: 9 portions

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