Orange Date Cake

Photo: flickr user avlxyz

Ingredients

3/4 cup Butter

1 cup Sugar

3 Eggs

1 cup Buttermilk

2 cups Flour

1 Grated orange rind

1 cup Cut-up dates

1 cup Ground nuts

1 teaspoon (heaping) soda

3/4 cup Sugar

1 1/2 cups Orange juice

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Drop in whole eggs and beat well. Stir soda into buttermilk and add to mixture; gradually add flour, beating well; add orange rind. Fold in nuts and dates. Bake in greased bundt pan at 350 for 1 hour. Have ready 3/4 cup sugar and orange juice.

Remove cake from pan, stir juice and sugar and spoon over cake.