Grand marnier cake

 
                             Grand Marnier Cake
 
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 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes                            Dia's Scrap Book 
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   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      cups          Sugar
    1      cup           Butter
    4                    Eggs
    4      cups          Sifted flour
    1 1/2  teaspoons     Soda
      1/2  teaspoon      Salt
    1 1/2  cups          Buttermilk
    2      tablespoons   Grated orange rind -- (or 3)
    2      cups          Dates chopped and dredged
                         - in small amount of flour
    2      cups          Pecans chopped
 
   Cream sugar and butter well.  Beat in eggs 1 at a time with mixer   until wel
 l blended.  Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture   alternately with buttermil
 k, mixing well after each addition.  Stir   in orange peel, dates, and pecans. 
  Pour into large buttered and   floured tube pan or 3 medium loaf pans.  Bake 3
 25 for 1 1/2 hours or   until done. Cake should pull away from side of the pan 
 when done.   Before removing cake and while hot, punch a lot of holes in cake. 
   Spoon icing on cake.
 
   ICING:
 
   1 C. Orange juice 2 C. Sugar 1/4 C. Grand Marnier 2 Tbs. Grated   orange peel
 
   Mix before making cake.  Stir occasionally.
 
   Liked by both fruitcake lovers and haters.  :-)
 
   Source:  Unknown Typos courtesy of Becci McClain, 1994
 
 From Dia's Scrap Book busted by MC Buster 2.0d
 
 
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