1 c  Sugar

    3/4 c  Shortening

      2    Eggs

      2 c  Flour

    1/4 ts Salt

    1/4 ts Baking powder

      1 ts Baking soda

      1 c  Buttermilk

      1 ts Orange flavoring

      1 c  Whole cranberries

      1 c  Chopped dates

      1 c  Chopped nuts

  Thoroughly cream sugar and shortening.  Beat in eggs. Sift dry ingredients
  together and add alternately with buttermilk. Beat until smooth and fluffy.
  Add remaining ingredients. Spoon into well greased bundt cake pan. Bake at
  350 degrees for about one hour or until it tests done. Let stand in pan for

  15 minutes before turning out on plate.

  Cake can be glazed with a thin powdered sugar icing which has been flavored
  with orange flavoring.  Can also combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup orange juice
  and 1/4 ts orange flavoring; bring to boil and pour over cake while warm.
  Let set several hours before serving.
  From Kitchen-Klatter Magazine, 12/78
  Formatted for MM by Rosanne Troxel (D.TROXEL on GEnie)