Orange Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbsp. grated orange rind
2 c. raisins, chopped
1 c. walnuts, chopped
1 c. coconut, flaked

Preparation

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
Add vanilla.
Add sifted flour and salt alternately with combined buttermilk and soda.
Blend in orange rind, raisins, walnuts and coconut.
Turn into a well-greased and floured tube pan (10-inch).
Bake in slow oven (300\u00b0) until a cake tester comes away dry (about 1 1/2 hours). Remove from oven, leave cake in pan.