Orange Slice Candy Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. oleo
4 eggs
4 c. flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in buttermilk
1 lb. dates, chopped
1 lb. orange candy slices, chopped
2 1/2 c. nuts, chopped

Preparation

Cream sugar and oleo; add eggs one at a time.
Add flour and buttermilk alternately until well mixed.
Add dates, orange slices and nuts.
Bake in Bundt or tube pan for 2 hours in 275\u00b0 oven. When done, remove from oven and punch holes in top of cake while still warm in pan and pour over the cake 1/2 cup orange juice and 1 cup brown sugar.
Let cool; remove from pan.
Can be wrapped in foil and frozen.