Date Pudding Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup snipped pitted dates
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 18 1/4 ounces cake mix
• 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• cool whip, thawed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 place dates and butter in an ungreased 13x9" baking pan --
• 3 stir in 1 cup of boiling water to soften dates and melt butter -- stir well.
• 4 add cake mix, eggs and walnuts.stir with fork for 2-3 minutes or blended --
• 5 scrape bottoms and sides of pan once in a while with rubber spatula to be sure all is combined --
• 6 spread batter evenly in pan.
• 7 sprinkle with brown sugar, pour remaining 1 1/2 cups boiling water, slowly.over brown sugar --
• 8 do not stir!
• 9 bake at 350* for 40-45 minutes or golden brown.
• 10 serve warm with whipped topping if desired -- .