Mable'S Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
3 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 lb. dates, chopped fine
1 lb. orange slice candy, cut fine
2 c. chopped nuts
1 small can coconut

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time; cream well after each addition.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk, add to creamed mixture.
Mix
orange
slices, dates, nuts and coconut with flour, coating all
pieces.
Add flour mixture to creamed ingredients, mixing well.
Bake
in
greased
and floured tube pan at 250\u00b0 for approximately 2 1/2 to 3 hours.