Torte Countess Krasinska ( Polish Dessert )
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 2 1⁄2 cups cake flour, sifted
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup dates, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2⁄3 cup orange juice
- 1 cup sugar
- whipped cream
directions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease & flour a 9 inch springform pan.
- Cream butter, shortening & 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs & beat well.
- Stir sour cream & water together.
- Sift dry ingredients together & add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream/water dilution, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in dates, nuts & orange peel.
- Pour into prepared pan & bake for 1 hour. Cool 15 minutes.
- While cake is cooling, simmer orange juice with 1 cup sugar until sugar dissolves.
- Remove cake from pan & place on a round serving plate.
- Pierce cake top all over with a handy gadget like mine or use a cake tester or toothpick.
- Pour orange syrup all over the top of the cake, artfully dripping it down sides.
- Serve with unsweetened whipped cream dolloped in the center & piped around edges.
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