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- From: ck6322@tnessh.sbc.com (Susie Keating (713+567-8251))
- Subject: Orange Date Cake
- Message-ID: <291cat$4cr@texbell.sbc.com>
- Organization: Southwestern Bell
- Date: 7 Oct 1993 15:24:13 GMT
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- With the holidays approaching, I thought I would share this recipe from
- my grandmother (who would be well over 100 yrs old if she were still alive).
- It is a heavy, moist cake that keeps well, freezes beautifully and is a
- good substitute for traditional "Fruit Cake" during the holidays.
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- ORANGE DATE CAKE
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- 1.5 cups butter or margerine
- 3 cups granualted sugar
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 3 Tbsp. grated orange rind
- 1.5 tsp. baking soda
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 packages chopped dates (8 oz. each)
- 2.5 cups pecans, chopped
- 6 cups flour
- 6 eggs, separated
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- Cream butter and sugar well. Beat egg yolks until lemon colored and add
- to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk and grated orange peel and mix well.
- Flour dates and pecans with 1 cup of the flour. Mix remaining flour with
- other dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Beat egg whites until
- stiff and fold gently into batter. Pour into greased and floured bundt
- pan and bake at 400 degrees for one hour and fifteen minutes (or until
- toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean). Remove from oven,
- invert on plate and glaze while hot with a mixture of 3 cups granualted
- sugar, 0.75 cups orange juice and 3 Tbsp grated orange peel. This will
- form a sugar "crust" on the cake.
-
- Susie Keating
- Houston, Texas
- ck6322@tnessh.sbc.com
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