Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. salt
3 1/2 c. flour
2 c. nuts, chopped (optional)
1 lb. orange slice candy
1 lb. sliced dates
1 can coconut (optional)

Preparation

Dissolve baking soda in the buttermilk.
Cream butter; add sugar and then eggs.
Alternately add 1/2 the flour-salt mixture with the buttermilk.
Roll the nuts, candy and dates in the remaining flour.
Add these to the batter with the coconut.
Bake in a greased tube pan for 2 1/2 hours at 250\u00b0.