Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
3 1/2 cups flour
1 lb. dates, chopped
1 lb. candy orange slices, chopped
1 can flaked coconut
2 cups chopped nuts

Preparation

Cream butter or margarine and 2 cups sugar until smooth.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk and add to the creamed mixture.
Place flour in a large bowl and add dates, orange slices, and nuts.
Stir to coat each piece.
All flour mixture and coconut to the creamed mixture. This makes a very stiff dough that should be mixed with hands. Put in a greased and floured 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.
Bake at 250 degrees for 2
1/2 to 3 hours.