Orange Date Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
3 1/2 c. self-rising flour (save 1/2 c. to roll candy, dates, coconut and nuts in)
1/2 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. soda (mix with milk)
1 can coconut
1/2 lb. dates, chopped
2 c. pecans, chopped
1 lb. orange slice candy, cut in small pieces

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, flour, milk and soda.
Mix well.
Mix remaining ingredients (which have been mixed with the 1/2 cup flour); fold this into the cake batter and mix well.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours in a tube pan.