Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 lb. pitted dates, chopped
2 c. chopped nuts
1 lb. orange slice candies
1 (4 oz.) can flaked coconut
2 c. orange juice
2 c. confectioners sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven
to
250\u00b0.
In
large bowl, cream together butter or margarine
and
sugar.
Add
eggs,
one\tat
a time, beating well after\teach
addition.
In
a measuring cup, dissolve baking soda
in
buttermilk.
In
a medium bowl, combine flour, dates, nuts and candies.
Mix until thoroughly blended. Add coconut and stir to blend.
Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture to creamed mixture.
Blend until a stiff dough is formed.
Spoon dough
into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake
2
1/2 hours or until cake is golden brown.
(Cake will not test for doneness.)