Orange Gumdrop Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
3 c. sugar
3 1/2 c. flour
4 eggs, separated
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 (1 1/4 lb.) bag orange gumdrops
1/2 c. dates
2 c. chopped pecans
1 c. flaked coconut
1 tsp. orange rind
1 c. frozen orange juice concentrate

Preparation

Preheat oven to 275\u00b0.
Cream butter and 2 cups sugar.
Add egg yolks and beat well.
Finely chop dates, gumdrops and pecans and dust them with a little flour.
Add to creamed mixture along with coconut and orange rind.
Dissolve soda in the buttermilk and add with the rest of flour to batter, fruit and nut mixture.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake in large greased and floured tube pan for 2 hours.