Orange Candy Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 oz. chopped dates
2 c. chopped pecans
2 c. coconut
16 oz. orange candy, cut up
1 c. flour
1/2 c. Crisco
1/2 c. oleo
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Mix the dates, pecans, coconut and candy (coated with flour before cutting up).
Cream together the Crisco, oleo, sugar, eggs, salt and soda.
Add the 2 1/2 cups flour, alternating with buttermilk to the creamed mixture, then add the first mixture to all and mix well.
Bake in a greased and floured tube pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.