Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter (1 c.)
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
3 1/2 c. plain flour (use part of flour to dredge fruit and nuts)
8 oz. box chopped dates
1 lb. orange slice candy
2 1/2 c. chopped pecans
2 cans Angel Flake coconut

Preparation

Cream the butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time.
Cream thoroughly.
Dissolve the soda in buttermilk.
Cut candy in small pieces with scissors.
Mix all ingredients together.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours in a tube pan lined with paper.