- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan.
- Cream butter or margarine and 1 cup sugar. Add eggs, and beat well with an electric mixer at medium speed. Mix in sour cream and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda: add to creamed mixture, blending just until moistened. Stir in raisins, walnuts, and orange rind. Mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 60 minutes, or until a wooden pick comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 5 minutes.
- Dissolve 1/2 cup sugar in orange juice. Pour over hot cake. Cool completely in pan.