Orange-Date-Nut Cake

9 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 c. butter
  • 1 1/3 c. buttermilk
  • 4 c. all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp. grated orange rind
  • 1 c. broken pecans, floured
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 lb. chopped dates

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream the butter and sugar.
  2. 2
    Beat in eggs one at a time. Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
  3. 3
    Add sifted flour in about 3 parts to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
  4. 4
    Beat until smooth after each addition.
  5. 5
    Add orange rind, dates and pecans that have been floured.
  6. 6
    Bake in tube pan 1 1/2 hours at 350°.

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