Orange-Date Loaf Cake

1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1/2 cup soft butter or margarine
2 cups granulated sugar, divided
Rind of 1 orange (colored portion only)
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup pitted dates
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Juice of 1 orange

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.

Put sour cream, eggs, butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in blender container in order listed; cover and run on high speed until smooth. Add orange rind, nuts, and dates; cover and run on high speed until all are chopped.

Sift flour, soda, baking powder and salt together into a mixing bowl; add blended mixture and mix well. Turn batter into prepared pan.

Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove from oven and cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes.

Mix orange juice and 1/2 cup sugar; pour over hot cake while still in pan. When cake is cool, turn out onto serving plate.