Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1 lb. dates, chopped
2 c. sugar
1 lb. chopped orange slice candy
4 eggs
2 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 can coconut
3 1/2 c. flour
1 c. orange juice
2 c. white powdered sugar

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Add buttermilk, flour, dates, pecans, coconut and orange slice candy. Mix by hand.
Grease tube pan, pour ingredients into pan and bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours at 250\u00b0.
While cake is cooking, mix orange juice and powdered sugar and pour over cake as soon as it is removed from oven.
Let cake stand overnight before serving.