Golden West Fruitcake

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine or butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 1-1/2 cups walnut halves
• 1-1/2 cups pitted dates, chopped
• 3/4 cup sliced candied cherries
• 3/4 cup candied pineapple chunks
• Grated peel of two oranges

Glaze

• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/3 cup sugar

Steps

1. In a large bowl, beat margarine well with an electric mixer. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy.
2. Beat in eggs one at a time.
3. Sift together flour and baking soda. Alternately add buttermilk and orange juice to egg mixture, beating until smooth.
4. Stir in nuts, dates, cherries, pineapple and orange peel.
5. Pour into a well-buttered 10-inch tube pan with removable bottom.
6. Bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes.

Notes

Newspaper clipping glued to an index card; no publication name visible.

The clipping lists Glaze ingredients but the glaze directions are not on the clipping (text ends after ‘Cool for 10 minutes.’).

Part of the card is cut off or missing: Clipping appears trimmed after ‘Cool for 10 minutes.’ — glaze directions are missing (cut off the original newspaper, not the scan edge).

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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