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Serves/Makes:1 10 inch tube pan
- Ingredients
- 2-1/4 cups (525 ml) flour
- 1 cup (225 ml) diced pitted dates
- 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
- 1 cup (225 ml) whole fresh cranberries
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1 tsp (5 ml) baking powder
- 1 tsp (5 ml) soda
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) vegetable oil
- 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
- 1 cup (225 ml) orange juice
- 1 cup (225 ml) chopped walnuts
- Preparation
- 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 350 degree (175 C.) oven 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.
- Comments
- This cake is prepared somewhat like Baba au Rhum and is soaked in syrup. But I've also done it without and just sprinkled icing sugar over the top.
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