Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 box dates, cut up
1 lb. orange slices, cut up
1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
pinch of salt
2 c. pecans
1 c. coconut
3 1/2 c. flour

Preparation

Use 1 cup of the flour to flour fruit and nuts.
Cream the butter and sugar. Add soda to buttermilk and beat well.
Alternate flour to butter-sugar mixture.
Beat well.
Add eggs one at a time.
Beat well. Add floured fruit and nuts.
Bake 2 hours in buttered and floured tube pan at 250\u00b0.
Let cool in pan (it falls apart if you don't let it cool in pan).