Danish Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter, softened
1 3/4 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. flour, sifted
1 Tbsp. orange juice
1 grated orange rind
1 (7 oz.) pkg. dates, cut and rolled in small amount of flour
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Sift dry ingredients together. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add juice and rind.
Alternately stir in dry ingredients and buttermilk.
Stir in dates and nuts. Bake in Bundt or angel food cake pan at 350\u00b0 for nearly 1 hour.
(Lightly grease and flour the pan.)
Pour the following sauce over the cake while hot.
Combine the grated orange rind rubbed into 1 cup sugar.
Heat until sugar is dissolved. For a moister pudding, double sauce recipe.