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.

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