1 1/2 Stick butter
1 c Sugar
3 Eggs
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Soda
3 c Flour; reserve 1/2 cup
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Nuts
1 Orange rind
1 pk (8-oz) dates
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Orange juice
Cream butter and 1 cup sugar. Add eggs, beating in 1 at a time. Add soda to
buttermilk; add alternately with flour to sugar mixture. Grind or grate
nuts, orange rind and dates. Coat with 1/2 cup flour. Add to batter. Bake
in 10-inch tube or 9×13 pan at 350 for 1-1/2 hours. Combine 3/4 cup sugar
and orange juice; pour over warm cake.
MRS ELTON BATCHELOR (SUE)
MARVELL, AR
From the book High Cotton Cookin’, Marvell Academy Mothers Assn, Marvell,
AR 72366, ISBN 0-918544-14-9, downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
1 Servings