Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 lb. orange slice candy, cut up
1 (8 oz.) pitted dates, chopped
2 c. walnuts or pecans
1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
1 (4 1/4 oz.) can coconut
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Sift together flour and 1/2 teaspoon soda.
Combine orange slice, dates, nuts and coconut.
Add 1/2 cup flour mixture to fruit mixture.
Mix well.
Cream butter until light, then gradually add sugar, beating constantly.
Add eggs, one at a time to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
Combine 1 teaspoon soda with buttermilk and add alternately with flour mixture to cream mixture, beating after each addition.
Add candy mixture and blend.
Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 hour and 45 minutes.