Torte Countess Krasinska ( Polish Dessert ) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup unsalted butter
    1/4 cup shortening
    1 cup sugar
    2 eggs
    1/2 cup sour cream
    1/2 cup water
    2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1 cup dates, chopped
    1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
    1 tablespoon orange zest
    2/3 cup orange juice
    1 cup sugar
    whipped cream
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Grease & flour a 9 inch springform pan.
    Cream butter, shortening & 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs & beat well.
    Stir sour cream & water together.
    Sift dry ingredients together & add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream/water dilution, beating well after each addition.
    Stir in dates, nuts & orange peel.
    Pour into prepared pan & bake for 1 hour. Cool 15 minutes.
    While cake is cooling, simmer orange juice with 1 cup sugar until sugar dissolves.
    Remove cake from pan & place on a round serving plate.
    Pierce cake top all over with a handy gadget like mine or use a cake tester or toothpick.
    Pour orange syrup all over the top of the cake, artfully dripping it down sides.
    Serve with unsweetened whipped cream dolloped in the center & piped around edges.

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