Orange Date-Nut Cake
Orange Date-Nut Cake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert collection. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 846 calories, 10g of protein, and 29g of fat per serving. A mixture of eggs, sugar, sugared dates, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Date and Nut Power Bars, Orange Date-Nut Cake, and Orange-Date Nut Cake are very similar to this recipe.
Instructions
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Gradually add 2 cups sugar, beating well.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in dates, pecans, and 2 teaspoons orange rind.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Bring orange juice, remaining sugar, and remaining rind to a boil in a saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
Run a knife around edge of cake gently; punch holes in cake with a wooden pick.
Drizzle glaze over warm cake.
Let cool in pan on a wire rack.