Frosted date ring

1 Cake ring

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Shortening; soft
¾ cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
cup Sifted all-purpose flour
teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Cloves
cup Buttermilk
½ cup Chopped nutmeats
cup Chopped pitted dates
1 cup Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned)

Directions

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 1-½ 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

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