Pour boiling water over chopped dates. Let stand until cool and then
add baking soda. Cream sugar and butter well. Add eggs, flour, vanilla and
nuts. Add date mixture. Pour into a long flat pan or a loaf pan and bake
at 350° for 25-30 minutes.
Topping. Combine sugar, milk and butter in pan and boil until thick
approximately 3 minutes. Spread on top of cake and sprinkle with coconut
and nuts.
