2 1/4 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp each baking powder
1 and soda
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup diced pitted dates
1 cup whole fresh cranberries
2 eggs, well beaten
3/4 cup salad oil
1 cup each sugar and orange juice
Directions
Source: Sunset Magazine, December 1961
Prepared somewhat like Baba au Rhum, this cake is soaked in syrup.
Sift the flour, measure and sift into a bowl with the sugar, salt,
baking powder, and soda. Stir in the nuts, dates, cranberries, and
orange peel. Combine the eggs, buttermilk, and salad oil; stir into
flour mixture until well blended. Pour into a well-greased 10- inch
tube pan; bake in a moderate oven (350ø) for 1 hour. Let stand about
15 minutes. Remove cake from pan and place on a rack over a pan. Heat
the sugar with orange juice until dissolved; pour over cake, catching
several times. Set cake in a deep dish, and pour over remaining
drippings.
Servings: 6 servings
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