Date Orange Cake

Name: Date Orange Cake
Ingredients: Cake; 1/2 cup boiling water; 1 cup chopped dates; 1 tsp. soda; 1/2 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 Tbsp. orange rind; 1 egg; 2 cups flour; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/2 tsp. mace; 1/2 tsp. nutmeg; 1 tsp. baking powder; 3/4 cup milk; 1/2 cup chopped pecans ,roasted; Orange Glaze; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp. flour; 1/2 tsp. cinnamon; 3/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed

20 ingredients

24 steps

Ingredients

Cake
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp. soda
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. orange rind
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. mace
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans ,roasted
Orange Glaze
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed

Directions

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Roast chopped pecans in 350 degree oven for
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5 minutes, until lightly browned.
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Pour boiling water over dates combined with
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soda and let cool to room temperature.
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Cream butter and sugar with mixer until light .
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Add orange rind and egg and beat well.
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Sift flour,measure, and sift again with spices and baking powder. Add alternately with milk to
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creamed mixture, beginning and ending with
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dry ingredients.
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Add date mixture and pecans. Pour batter into
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a buttered and floured 9 inch by 5 inch loaf
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pan. Place in a 350 degree oven and bake for
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about 55 minutes, until a skewer put in cake
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comes out clean.
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Run a sharp knife around edges of loaf and
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turn cake out on large serving plate with a
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raised rim.
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Make orange glaze while cake is baking.
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Blend sugar, flour, and cinnamon in small pan.
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Add orange juice and simmer on stove top at
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medium /low heat for 8 minutes.
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Pour hot orange glaze over hot
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cake. Cool to room temperature . Slice into
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1/2 inch slices and serve.