Orange-Date-Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1 1/3 c. buttermilk
4 c. all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. grated orange rind
1 c. broken pecans, floured
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1 lb. chopped dates

Preparation

Cream the butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs one at a time. Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Add sifted flour in about 3 parts to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
Beat until smooth after each addition.
Add orange rind, dates and pecans that have been floured.
Bake in tube pan 1 1/2 hours at 350\u00b0.