Orange-Date-Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. shortening (1/2 butter and 1/2 Crisco)
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 trimmed orange rind
2 1/4 c. flour (reserve 1/4 c. to coat nuts and dates)
1 tsp. soda
2/3 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. pecans
1 c. dates (small pieces)

Preparation

Cream
butter
and
sugar;
add
eggs and grated orange rind. Mix
soda
with
2
cups flour and add alternately with buttermilk.
Add
dates and pecans floured with 1/4 cup flour. Bake at 350\u00b0
about
1 hour.
While cake bakes, mix juice of 1 orange, 1
1/2 cups sugar and 2 tablespoons orange rind.
Pour over cake while it's hot.