Orange Slice Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. plus 2 Tbsp. butter
2 c. sugar
4 c. plain flour, sifted
5 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 lb. orange sliced candy
1/2 lb. (8 oz.) chopped dates
1 c. flaked coconut
2 1/2 c. chopped nuts
1 tsp. soda

Preparation

Sift
flour
and salt together.
Have butter and eggs at room temperature.
Slice
orange
candy\tto
6 to 8 pieces per slice. Flour
dates, candy, coconut and nuts with 1 cup of the flour. Put
soda in buttermilk; stir.
Cream butter and sugar, add
eggs one
at
a\ttime, add milk mixture and flour mixture alternately. Add vanilla.
Fold\tin floured mixture.
Place in greased brown paper lined and floured tube pan.
Bake in a 275\u00b0 oven for 2 1/2 hours.
(May
turn up temperature to brown last 10 minutes if needed.)