Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
2 c. sugar
dash of salt
4 eggs
2 c. pecans, chopped
4 c. flour
1 1/3 c. buttermilk
1 can coconut
1 lb. orange slice candy
1 dash of soda
1 lb. dates, cut
1 c. orange juice
1 c. sugar

Preparation

Melt butter; let cool.
Cream in sugar.
Add eggs one at a time; beat well.
Add 1 cup buttermilk; add soda to the 1/3 cup buttermilk.
Chop nuts and cut dates and orange slice candy. Mix these with 1 cup flour; add remainder of flour to butter mixture.
Add dates, candy slices and coconut to batter.
Bake in a tube pan (10-inch), well-greased and floured.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours.