Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 500 gr flour
- 400 gr sugar
- 325 ml buttermilk
- 230 gr butter
- 150 gr dates (chopped)
- 120 gr pecans (chopped)
- 100 gr sugar
- 60 ml orange juice
- 6 gr orange rind (grated)
- 5 gr baking soda
- 3 gr salt
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, beat well. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with the buttermilk. Fold in walnuts, dates and orange rind. Pour into two 22 cm greased and floured pans and bake at 180ºC . degrees for about an hour. Combine the glaze ingredients and pour half over the hot loaves. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pans.Spoon remaining glaze over loaves.
Can be made ahead and frozen. From Taste of Home magazine, Dec.'94 Posted on Kitmailbox by GladRag@aol.com
