Cranberry Bundt Cake

Ingredients

1 c sugar
3/4 c shortening
2 eggs
2 c flour
1/4 ts salt
1/4 ts baking powder
1 t soda
1 c buttermilk
1 t orange flavoring
1 cranberries
1 c dates

Instructions

Thoroughly cream sugar and shortening. Beat in eggs. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with buttermilk. Beat until smooth and fluffy. Add remaining ingredients. Spoon into well-greased bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about one hour or until it tests done. Let stand in pan for 15 minutes febore turning out on plate. GLAZE: Combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup orange juice and 1/4 tsp orange favoring; bring to boil and pour over cake while warm. Let set several hours before serving. Published in Kitchen-Klatter Magazine in Dec. 1978.