DATE ORANGE CAKE

DATE ORANGE CAKE image

Yield Serves 10 to 12

Number Of Ingredients 20

Cake
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp. soda
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. orange rind
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. mace
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans ,roasted
Orange Glaze
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed

Steps:

Roast chopped pecans in 350 degree oven for 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Pour boiling water over dates combined with soda and let cool to room temperature. Cream butter and sugar with mixer until light . Add orange rind and egg and beat well. Sift flour,measure, and sift again with spices and baking powder. Add alternately with milk to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add date mixture and pecans. Pour batter into a buttered and floured 9 inch by 5 inch loaf pan. Place in a 350 degree oven and bake for about 55 minutes, until a skewer put in cake comes out clean. Run a sharp knife around edges of loaf and turn cake out on large serving plate with a raised rim. Make orange glaze while cake is baking. Blend sugar, flour, and cinnamon in small pan. Add orange juice and simmer on stove top at medium /low heat for 8 minutes. Pour hot orange glaze over hot cake. Cool to room temperature . Slice into 1/2 inch slices and serve.