Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1 tsp. soda
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
3 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 lb. candy orange slices, cut in small pieces
1/2 lb. dates, cut in pieces
1 (4 oz.) can coconut
2 c. chopped nuts
1 Tbsp. orange rind, grated

Preparation

Combine butter and sugar; stir in eggs.
Add soda to buttermilk and add alternately with flour.
Add orange slices, coconut, dates, nuts and orange rind.
Turn into 10-inch greased tube pan.
Bake 2 hours in 300\u00b0 oven.
Allow to cool in pan overnight, setting on a cooling rack.
This 5-pound cake should be mixed by hand as beaters will make it light and fruit will go to the bottom.