Orange Candy Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
5 eggs
1 (8 oz.) pkg. dates
2 c. chopped pecans
1 (4 oz.) can shredded coconut
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
3/4 c. buttermilk
2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 lb. orange candy slices, cut in small pieces
4 c. plain flour, sifted (1/4 c. to dredge fruits and nuts, 3 3/4 c. to mix into batter)

Preparation

Turn oven to 300\u00b0.
Beat butter and
sugar
until it is fluffy.
Add eggs, beating well after
each
addition.
Mix in vanilla.
Measure 3 3/4 cups of sifted
flour
and\tsift
with baking
soda
and
salt.
Add
flour
mixture
and\tbuttermilk alternately to cake batter.
Mix chopped dates, chopped orange candy, chopped nuts and coconut in 1/4
cup
flour.
Mix well. Fold this fruit-nut mixture into the
cake batter.\tGrease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Spoon batter into pan and bake in a slow oven (300\u00b0) for 2 1/2 hours.