Orange Nut Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
3 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in buttermilk
1 lb. candy orange slices, diced
1 c. chopped pecans
1 (16 oz.) pkg. dates
1 c. flaked coconut

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter.
Add eggs, 1 at a time.
Beat flour and milk alternately.
Add remaining ingredients.
Bake in tube pan 3 1/2 hours at 250\u00b0.
Remove from oven.
Cool slightly and pour mixture of 1 can orange juice and 2 cups powdered sugar over cake while still in pan.
Let stand overnight before removing from pan.