Name: Danish Christmas Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 1/3 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 3 cups sifted flour; 1½ tsp. soda; 1 tsp. salt; 1 Tbsp. orange juice; 1 lb. dates, chopped; 2 cups chopped nuts; 1 (10 oz.) bottle maraschino cherries, chopped; 1 Tbsp. grated orange rind; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup orange juice; 1 orange rind, grated; 1 cup coconut; extra coconut, for the top

Method

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Step 1: Combine shortening, sugar and eggs.
Step 2: Sift soda, salt and flour together and add to the shortening mixture. Add orange juice.
Step 3: Fold in the remaining ingredients.
Step 4: Bake in one large, well-greased tube pan at 325°F for 1 hour 20 minutes, or in 2 loaf pans for 60 to 70 minutes.
Step 5: While the cake bakes, make the sauce: heat sugar and orange juice, add grated rind and coconut, mix well, remove from heat and let cool.
Step 6: Pour the sauce over the hot cake and add extra coconut on top.
Step 7: Let the cake cool in the pan about 30 minutes, then turn out onto foil, seal tightly and keep in the refrigerator or freezer.

What we changed or couldn’t read (1)

Buttermilk is never mentioned in the method; it is presumably among the 'remaining ingredients' folded in at the end.

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