Cranberry Orange Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Bowl 1 Batter
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups dates (diced)
1 cup walnuts (chopped)
2 cups cranberries
2 to taste x oranges, zest of
Bowl 2
2 eggs (beaten)
3/4 cup canola oil
1 cup buttermilk
Bowl 3 Glaze
1 cup orange juice
1 cup sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Bowl#1~ sift flour, sugar, BP, dates, nuts, cranberries and zest of 2 oranges; set aside.
Bowl#2~ In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil and buttermilk and add to dry ingredients in bowl#1.
Pour into 2, well-greased loaf pans 7-1/2\" x 3\".
Bake for 35 minutes or until cake-tester comes out clean.
Cool.
Mix orange juice and sugar and pour over cooled cake.
These cakes keep very well in the refrigerator for 2 weeks wrapped in plastic wrap and turned upside down and right-side up to distribute the moisture evenly throughout.