Orange Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. orange juice
1 Tbsp. orange peel
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 egg yolks
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
grated peel of 2 oranges
1 pkg. dates, cut up
1 c. nuts
4 beaten egg whites
4 c. all-purpose flour

Preparation

Mix sugar, orange juice and orange peel to dissolve.
Next, cream butter and 2 cups sugar.
Add egg yolks and flour alternately with buttermilk in which soda has been dissolved.
Add grated peel of 2 oranges, 1 package dates (cut up) and nuts. Last, add beaten egg whites.
Do not overbeat after you fold in the egg whites.
Bake 1 1/2 hours.
First 45 minutes at 325\u00b0, lower to 300\u00b0 and bake 45 minutes more.