Orange Cake-Candy Slice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in buttermilk
3 1/2 c. plain flour
1 (8 oz.) box dates
1 lb. orange slices candy, cut up
1 can flaked coconut
2 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time.
Add flour alternately with buttermilk.
Roll nuts, candy and dates in 1/2 cup flour (1/2 cup in addition to the listed amount).
Add to mixture along with coconut.
Bake in tube pan at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours.
After the cake is done, mix 1 cup orange juice with 2 cups confectioners sugar and pour over cake while hot.
Let set in pan overnight.
(Grease and flour pan.)