How to Make Homemade Orange Cake with Rum

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have orange cake with rum using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Orange Cake with Rum:

1. Prepare 1/2 Cup Butter
2. Prepare 1 Cup Sugar
3. Take 2 Eggs
4. Make ready 1/2 Cup Apple sauce
5. Make ready 1 Cup Rum
6. Make ready 2 1/2 Cups All Purpose flour
7. Get 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
8. Prepare 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
9. Take 1 /. 4 Teaspoons Salt
10. Prepare 1 Cup Buttermilk
11. Make ready 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
12. Take 1 Teaspoon Orange Extract
13. Get 1 Tablespoon Orange Grated Peel
14. Make ready 1 Cup Dates Chopped
15. Take 1 Cup Nuts Chopped

Instructions to make Orange Cake with Rum:

1. Soak the chopped dates, nuts and orange peel in orange liquor, overnight. The trick in soaking is in using a flat bowl or a plate. That way, you don't use up too much liquor. Now cover the plate in cling wrap to avoid the alcohol from evaporating.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until blended. Beat in applesauce.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, in a separate bowl.
4. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition, adding the extracts at the very end.
5. Fold in the soaked, drained orange peel, dates and nuts, reserving the soaking liquor for later.
6. Pour into a greased 9-in. spring-form pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
7. Cool for about 5-7 minutes in the pan, now with a spoon, drizzle the remaining liquor over the cake while its still warm, until the cake is evenly coated with the liquor.
8. The liquor cake will stay good in room temp for 3 days and in refrigerator for a week. keep it covered in an airtight container in either case. Enjoy!

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