1 1/4 c Sugar
1 Orange
1/2 c Shortening
2 Eggs, well beaten
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Baking soda
1 c Pitted dates
OR 1 cup raisins
2 c Cake flour
1 c Sour milk
1/2 ts Baking powder
Prize winning cake
Combine 1/4 cup sugar and orange juice. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Cream 1 cup sugar with shortening. Add eggs. Sift flour, measure, and
sift with baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add alternately with milk
to first mixture. Add dates or raisins which have been ground with orange
rind. Mix until well blended. Pour into well-oiled loaf pan. Bake in
moderate oven (375 F) about 45 minutes. Pour orange juice and sugar over
cake before removing from pan. Mrs. Walter T. Palmer Jr., Collingswood,
N.J.
Yields
6