Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • 7 1/2 oz. chopped dated
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 unpeeled orange (ground up)

Method

  • With electric mixer, cream butter with sugars.
  • Add eggs and vanilla.
  • Beat well.
  • Sift flour with salt, soda and baking powder.
  • Add to mixture alternately with orange juice and bourbon. Stir in dates, walnuts and ground up orange.
  • Bake in 2 loaf pans that have been buttered and floured.
  • 350° approx. 45 minutes.