Orange Slice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 lb. candy orange slices, chopped
1 (8 oz.) pkg. chopped dates
2 c. chopped pecans
1 (3 1/2 oz.) can flaked coconut
3/4 c. butter or margarine, soft
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
4 eggs
1/2 c. orange juice
1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar

Preparation

Combine flour and salt. Stir and set aside.
Combine orange slices, dates, pecans and coconut.
Stir in 1/2 cup of the flour mixture. Set aside. Cream the butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy and sugar is dissolved. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine buttermilk and soda, mixing well. Add flour mixture, alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add candy mixture; stir until well blended.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 300\u00b0 for 2 hours or until cake tests done.