Sour Cream Orange Cake 1965

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh orange zest
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 3/4 cup golden raisin, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup dates, chopped
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice

Directions

1. 1

   Grease heavily and flour a 9 x 13 cake pan. Set aside.

2. 2

   Cream butter or margarine with the sugar until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Add in the orange zest and beat well.

4. 4

   Add eggs one at a time, beating after each one is added.

5. 5

   Measure then sift the flour with soda three times.

6. 6

   Add the flour alternately with the sour cream and orange juice into the creamed sugar butter mixture.

7. 7

   Fold in the dates, nuts and raisins.

8. 8

   Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until almost done.

9. 9

   Combine the honey with the 1/3 cup orange juice, and pour evenly over the almost baked cake.

10. 10

    Keep in the oven baking for at least another 6 minutes longer until tester shows done.

11. 11

    Cool in pan on wire rack.