Best 6 Granny Haleys Orange Date Cake Recipes

ORANGE DATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and one cup of sugar together.
• Add one tablespoon of water to baking soda and add vinegar to the milk.
• Mix in rind from two oranges, flour, egg, water/baking soda mixture and milk/vinegar mixture.
• Add walnuts and dates.
• Bake in an angel food cake pan or a spring form pan at 350 degrees for approximately 40 minutes.
• While cake is baking, squeeze the juice from the 2 oranges and mix with the remaining 1 cup of sugar.
• When cake comes out of the oven, pour this mixture over the cake.

ORANGE DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; combine 1 cup with dates and walnuts. Set both mixtures aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add orange zest. Add reserved flour and date mixtures. Stir in buttermilk just until blended. , Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , For syrup, in a small saucepan, heat orange juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Let stand for 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Cool 10 minutes more before pouring syrup over cake.

GRANDMA'S ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour 8" square pan.
• Sift together flour and baking soda (set aside).
• In food processor grind orange and raisins (her recipe says grind the orange and raisins).
• In separate bowl cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs.
• Stir in Sour Milk.
• Add orange/raisin mixture.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• (Depending on the amount of juice in the orange you may have to adjust the flour slightly to get the right batter consistency).
• Pour into pan and bake for 30 minutes or until done (suggest checking after 25 minutes as grandma did not specify boking time).
• While cake bakes dissolve 1/4 cup orange juice with 1/2 cup sugar (either on stove or in microwave).
• Pour juice mixture over cake while hot (you may want to poke small holes in the cake).

ORANGE-DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Toss dates with 1/4 cup flour; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in orange zest. Combine the baking powder, baking soda, salt and remaining flour; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in dates and nuts. , Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , For glaze, combine orange juice and confectioners' sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool for 30 minutes. , Cool cake on a wire rack for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Poke holes in cake top. Drizzle glaze over top and sides of cake; cool completely before serving.

GRANNY CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix the eggs, undrained crushed pineapple, flour, 1 cup of the white sugar, baking soda, salt, and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla together and stir until just combined. Pour batter into one ungreased 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Combine the light brown sugar and the chopped nuts. Sprinkle over the top of the cake batter. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove cake from oven and pour topping over hot cake.
• To Make Topping: In a small saucepan combine the butter or margarine, the evaporated milk, the remaining 1/2 cup of the white sugar, and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla. Cook over medium low heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Mixture will be thin. Pour over hot cake.

GRANNY HALEY'S ORANGE DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish.
• Put the dates in a bowl and cover them with hot water. Let them soak for 1 hour.
• In a separate bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and eggs.
• Sift the 2 cups flour, the baking powder, and baking soda into a medium bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture alternately with milk, adding a third of each at a time and mixing thoroughly before adding the next. Drain the dates and stir them in with the orange zest and nuts. Pour the batter into the prepared casserole dish. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick when inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice, making sure to break up any lumps. The consistency should be such that it can be easily drizzled or poured over the cake. If it's too thick, thin it with a little more orange juice; if it's too thin, add more confectioners' sugar, a teaspoon at a time, making sure to mix thoroughly before adding more. Drizzle the orange glaze over the cake while it is still warm. Cut into squares and serve while warm.
• Store leftover pieces in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days.
• note
• There were many funny stories that came out of these visits at Granny Haley's, but this one takes the cake-literally! Sandy's Uncle Dale and his friend Kiefer were cooks in the army. One day, they discovered that their kitchen was being raided every night by hungry soldiers with a sweet tooth. To teach the thieves a lesson, Kiefer made a special cake full of shrimp shells. But in an unexpected turn of events, some high-ranked officers stopped by for a special meeting and the cakes meant for the thieves got served to the VIPs. Kiefer and Dale just knew they were going to be discharged, but not one word was ever mentioned. Maybe the officers were simply used to eating bad mess-hall food.