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Orange Date Nut Cake
INGREDIENTS: 4 ½ cups sugar (2 ½ for glaze) 2 sticks butter 4 eggs 1 ½ cups orange juice (1 ¼ for glaze) 1 ½ cups buttermilk
4 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS: Cream butter and 2 cups sugar together well. Add eggs, one at a time. Add buttermilk and 2 tbsp. orange juice. Sift salt, soda and 3 cups flour together and add to batter. Use remaining flour to cover dates and pecans, and then fold them into the batter. Pour into well-greased and floured tube pan and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Meanwhile, mix 2 ½ cups sugar and 1 ¼ cups orange juice in a small pot and cook for ten minutes. Once the cake is ready, pour the glaze over the hot cake and let cool before removing from the pan.
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