3 old date nut cake Recipes

unsalted butter, softened, sugar, divided, eggs, all-purpose flour, soda, buttermilk, chopped sugared dates, toasted pecans , then chopped (i chop by hand, think it s better than bought chopped pecans), grated orange rind, divided, orange juice

mix and sift 3 times, flour, teasp.allspice, teasp.cinnamon, teasp.nutmeg, teasp.baking soda, butter, sugar, beaten eggs, fruit cocktail, chopped nuts, chopped apple, dates or raisins, teasp. vanilla extract, teasp. lemon extract, combine the two groupes together, bake in a cake pan or tube pan, let cool before removing from pan, if that s not bad enough ,serve a big old glob of rich whipped cream on top,with a side bowl of home made vanilla ice cream, good memories!! think i ll make it again soon ., thanks for looking.