Date Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
3 eggs, unbeaten
3 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
1 c. pecans
1 (8 oz.) pkg. dates

Preparation

Cream together Criso and sugar.
Add eggs and beat until smooth.
Add buttermilk, soda and flour.
Mix until well blended. Then add orange rind, pecans and dates.
Bake in moderate oven (300\u00b0 F.) for 1 1/2 or 1 3/4 hours.
Use 8-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.