Name: Date-Nut Fruitcake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened -; 2 cups sugar -; 4 large eggs -; 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour -; 1 teaspoon baking soda -; 1/2 cup buttermilk -; 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut -; 1 cup golden raisins -; 1 cup chopped dates -; 1 cup chopped pecans -; 2 tablespoons grated orange zest -; Glaze: -; 1/3 cup sugar -; 3 tablespoons orange juice -; 1 tablespoon grated orange zest -

Recipe information

Cooking:

20 min.

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Ingredients for - Date-Nut Fruitcake

1. 1 cup butter, softened -

2. 2 cups sugar -

3. 4 large eggs -

4. 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour -

5. 1 teaspoon baking soda -

6. 1/2 cup buttermilk -

7. 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut -

8. 1 cup golden raisins -

9. 1 cup chopped dates -

10. 1 cup chopped pecans -

11. 2 tablespoons grated orange zest -

12. Glaze: -

13. 1/3 cup sugar -

14. 3 tablespoons orange juice -

15. 1 tablespoon grated orange zest -

How to cook deliciously - Date-Nut Fruitcake

1. Stage

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in the coconut, raisins, dates, pecans and orange zest.

2. Stage

Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 300° for 85-95 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Place a piece of waxed paper under rack.

3. Stage

In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and orange juice to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Stir in orange zest. Poke holes in cake with a long wooden skewer; gradually spoon glaze over fruitcake. Cool completely.