-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
                
                 Yields       
                6 servings