Instructions: Cream butter and sugar; beat in egg. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and soda. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice. Blend until smooth. Add dates and nuts. Pour batter into a greased/floured 2 pound coffee can. Place on a trivet in the crockery pot. I used a canning jar lid. Cover can with 4 to 5 paper towels. Place crock pot lid on resting against a couple of toothpicks or a prop on one side so the steam can escape. Cook on high setting 300F, and allow 3 1/2 hours for a 3.5 quart crock pot or 4 hours for the larger 4 1/2 quart crock pot, till the toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from can and cool.

Seems to me I just sprayed the can with pam.

NOTES : Here is an old crock pot recipe I came across. Another nice little recipe for bread buffs in general. When I made this recipe, I omitted the dates and used chopped orange zest.

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