Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
1 lb. dates, chopped
1 c. chopped nuts
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
3 1/2 c. flour
1 lb. orange slice candy, cut
1 can Angel Flake coconut

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Add to creamed mixture.
Place 1/2 of flour in large bowl.
Add nuts, candy, dates and coconut.
Mix well. Add fruit last.
This makes a very stiff dough.
Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan with butter and flour.
Bake 2 1/2 hours in a 250\u00b0 oven.
Combine 1/2 cup orange juice with 2 cups confectioners sugar and spoon over hot cake.
Punch holes in cake with fork before spooning the juice over it.
Let set in pan overnight in cold place or refrigerate.