-BATTER-
     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
TOPPING
     6 tb Brown sugar
     3 tb Butter
     4 tb Canned milk
     1 c  Coconut
     1 pn 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. Helen Peagram,
 F-Cooking
                
                 Yields       
                6 Servings