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¾ cup butter placed in mixing bowl and creamed until light and fluffy.

Add and beat until light and fluffy:

1 ½ cup sugar

zest (grated peel) of one very large orange

1 ½ tsp. orange extract.

Add on at a time beating until fluffy: 3 large eggs room temperature

(in a hurry, microwave eggs 10-15 seconds ONLY).

Add ¼ cup undiluted frozen orange juice concentrate.

Mix together in another container:

2 ¾ cup unsifted flour

1 ½ tsp. baking soda

¾ tsp. salt

Measure and add alternating to the creamed mixture:

beginning and ending with flour mixture

1 ¼ cup real buttermilk.

Fold in:

1 cup finely chopped pitted dates (do not use old dried up dates)

½ cup chopped pecans

Cream ¼ cup butter and them add 1 box 8 oz. cream cheese, 1 tsp. orange zest,

1 tsp. orange extract. Gradually add 1 lb. sifted powdered sugar alternated with

1 ½ - 2 Tbsp. undiluted frozen orange juice concentrate. Beat until well blended

and fluffy. Frost cooled cake and decorate with canned mandarin orange slices

and pecan halves. Refrigerate until frosting is well set. Remove from refrigerator

and cover with plastic wrap. Keep refrigerated. This will serve a lot of people as

the cake is moist and slices thinly.