Recipe - Orange Cake With Hot Rum Sauce

CAKE
1 cup Butter or Margarine, soften
1 cup Sugar
5 teaspoon Grated Orange Rind
2 Eggs
2 One half cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Pecans, finely chopped
Powdered Sugar

HOT RUM SAUCE
One half cup Sugar
One fourth cup Water
One fourth cup Orange Juice
3 tablespoon Lemon Juice
2 tablespoon Rum

*** Cake ***

Cream butter in a large bowl until fluffy, gradually adding the sugar. Beat
until light. Stir in rinds, add eggs one at a time beating after each.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add alternately with
buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Beat well after each
addition. Fold in nuts and pour in a greased and floured 9inch tube pan.
Bake in a preheated 350oF oven for 5060 minutes until test done. Cool in
pan on a rack for 10 minutes.

*** Hot Rum Sauce ***

Boil sugar and water for 1 minute, cool slightly, add remaining
ingredients. Carefully spoon over warm cake until all is absorbed. Let cool
and dust with powdered sugar. Cover loosely to store.

Source: "The Yankee Kitchen" 032593 (#4) [Peg from Hingham, Mass]

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