Orange Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• ¥Y2 cup butter
• 1 cup. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 12 cup chopped nuts
• 2 cups flour
• ¥4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1 cup seeded, chopped dates
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 24, cup buttermilk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. 3

   Dissolve soda in buttermilk and add with sifted flour and salt.

4. 4

   Beat smooth.

5. 5

   Then stir in grated orange rind, dates, and nuts.

6. 6

   Cook in waxed-paper lined and greased 9x14 pan.

7. 7

   Bake at 350° for 40 minutes.

8. 8

   While cake is still hot, turn out and spread with 1 cup sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon grated orange rind and 0.25 cup orange juice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORANGE FRUIT CAKE ¥Y2 cup butter 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup. sugar 24, cup buttermilk 2 eggs : 12 cup chopped nuts 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon grated orange rind ¥4 teaspoon salt 1 cup seeded, chopped dates

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