Danish Christmas Cake
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
Posted by: groucho_CT_69_f
List of Ingredients
Sift together:
3 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-teaspoon salt
Combine in a bowl:
1 pound chopped pitted dates
4 ounces glazed cherries
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped pecans
Add one third of the dry ingredients and mix well.
Beat together
1-cup butter,
1-3/4 cups sugar until light.
Add 3 eggs beating after each
Add remaining dry ingredients alternating with
1-cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon orange juice
1-teaspoon vanilla
Blend well after each addition.
Stir in fruit mixture and mix well.
Turn into greased loaf pans. Fill pans ¾ full (makes four loaves)
Bake 350º for one hour and twenty minutes.
Recipe
In a saucepan combine
1 cup orange juice
1-cup sugar
Grated rind of one orange
Bring to a boil. Remove from heat
Add 1 cup flaked coconut, stir.
Pour this over the warm cakes.
A co-worker gave this recipe to me over 35 years ago.
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