Frosted Date Ring

Categories: Cakes | Desserts

Serves: 1 Cake ring

Ingredients:

1/2 c Shortening; soft
3/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed
2 Eggs
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Cloves
1 1/4 c Buttermilk
1/2 c Chopped nutmeats
1 1/2 c Chopped pitted dates
1 c Quaker Oats, uncooked
-- (quick or old-fashioned)

Instructions:
Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Blend in vanilla. Sift together flour,
baking powder, soda, salt and spices. Add to creamed mixture alternately
with buttermilk; blend well. Stir in nutmeats, dates and oats.

Pour into well-greased and floured 1-1/2 quart ring mold. Bake in
preheated slow oven (325 F.) 45 to 50 minutes. Loosen edges; cool on wire
rack about 15 minutes. Remove from mold; cool.

Frost with orange butter cream frosting. Decorate with red and green
candied cherries.

Source: Our Favorites for family and friends
Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/quaker01.zip

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