Orange-Date Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or oleo
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 lb. dates, chopped
1 lb. candy orange slices, chopped
2 c. pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 (4 oz.) can coconut

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar well.
Add four eggs, one at a time. Mix soda with 1/2 cup buttermilk; add to cake, alternately with flour.
Stir in dates, orange slices and nuts (use a small amount of the flour to dust).
Add coconut.
Bake in greased and floured tube pan.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 2 hours.