Mix to a smooth batter the margarine, eggs, soda, sugar, flour and buttermilk.
Then add orange slice candy, coconut, chopped dates, nuts and grated orange peel.
Bake in tube pan for 2 hours at 250\u00b0.
Sift together and set aside the flour and salt.
Combine and set aside the orange slice candy, chopped dates, walnuts or pecans and coconut.
(Important:
Add 1/2 cup flour mixture and mix well.)
Beat until light and fluffy the margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Combine soda with buttermilk and add alternately with flour mixture to the shortening mixture.
Add candy mixture. Blend in by hand with rubber spatula.
Put into 10-inch pan lined with wax paper.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Remove from oven.
Sift flour and salt.
Combine orange slice candy, dates, walnuts and coconut.
Add 1/2 cup flour mixture to them.
Blend with spoon until light the butter, sugar and eggs.
Add eggs one at a time.
Combine soda and buttermilk and add alternately with flour mixture to candy mix.
Bake in large tube pan or 3 loaf pans, greased and floured, for 1 hour and 45 minutes in 300\u00b0 oven. Combine orange juice and powdered sugar and pour over hot cake. Let cool and store in refrigerator overnight before removing from pan.
Roll chopped nuts, orange slice candy and dates in 1/2 cup of the flour.
Sift the remaining 3 cups flour with the soda and salt.
Cream butter and buttermilk together.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Add sugar and next the 3 remaining cups of flour.
Mix well.
Add coconut to cake batter.
Blend well.
Add nuts, orange slice candy and dates.
Mix well.
Bake in tube pan at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
lour, dates, chopped pecans and orange slice candy (cut up).
Mix
sing); set aside.
Combine orange slice candy, pitted dates, pecans and
teaspoon soda.
Combine orange slice, dates, nuts and coconut.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Add buttermilk, flour, dates, pecans, coconut and orange slice candy. Mix by hand.
Grease tube pan, pour ingredients into pan and bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours at 250\u00b0.
While cake is cooking, mix orange juice and powdered sugar and pour over cake as soon as it is removed from oven.
Let cake stand overnight before serving.
Cream sugar and butter.
Add eggs.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk and add to mixture.
Place flour in large bowl and add dates, orange slice candy and nuts.
Stir to coat.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture and mix by hand.
Bake in greased tube pan at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours.
Cover with a layer of orange slice candy, then spread the date
Melt butter; let cool.
Cream in sugar.
Add eggs one at a time; beat well.
Add 1 cup buttermilk; add soda to the 1/3 cup buttermilk.
Chop nuts and cut dates and orange slice candy. Mix these with 1 cup flour; add remainder of flour to butter mixture.
Add dates, candy slices and coconut to batter.
Bake in a tube pan (10-inch), well-greased and floured.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours.
Dice orange slice candies.
Combine with pecans, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon flour and mix.
Set aside.
Cream oleo with brown sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.
Sift together flour and salt; add to the mixing bowl and blend well. Fold in orange and nut mixture.
Pour into a greased and floured tube pan.
Bake 2 hours at 270\u00b0; cool.
Wrap in foil and refrigerate.
Keeps 2 weeks.
Cream sugar and butter.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Cut orange slice candy into small pieces. Roll candy, dates and pecans in flour before mixing into cake.
Add this mixture to sugar, margarine and egg mixture.
Add flour.
Bake in tube pan for 2 hours and 45 minutes at 250\u00b0.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Roll dates and nuts in 1/2 cup flour.
Sift soda and rest of flour.
Add alternately with milk, coconut, fruits, nuts and orange slice candy.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until done.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add applesauce, chopped nuts and raisins.
Sift and add dry ingredients.
Add beaten eggs.
Stir in orange slice candies, cut in pieces.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 50 to 60 minutes.
Cream together the sugar and butter.
Add the eggs, one at a time.
Add alternately the flour and buttermilk mixture. Combine the orange slice candy, dates and nuts.
Add 1/2 cup flour and stir carefully until each piece of candy, dates and nuts are coated. Add the coconut.
Mix with cake batter and bake 3 hours at 250\u00b0.
Bake in greased and floured tube pan.
Cream margarine and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
Add 1 cup buttermilk.
Beat well.
Add soda to remaining 1/2 cup buttermilk.
Add to batter.
Combine dry ingredients; add them.
Mix orange slice candy, dates and nuts with 1/2 cup flour.
Add to mixture; beat well.
Line tube pan with well-greased brown paper.
Bake at 275\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours.
Chop orange slice candy and dates.
Add pecans and coconut. Add 1/2 cup flour and coat.
In large bowl mix sugar and shortening until light, add eggs.
Beat well.
Add flour and soda, beat well, add buttermilk.
Beat well.
Fold in chopped fruit and nuts.
Bake 1 1/2 to 2 hours at 275 degrees.
Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Cream sugar, shortening and eggs until light and fluffy.
Sift 2 cups flour with soda and salt.
Blend into creamed mixture.
Dice orange slice candy.
Mix with 1/2 cup flour and add candy mixture to first mixture.
Stir in coconut, chopped nuts and oats.
Roll into 1-inch balls.
Place on greased cookie sheet and press with fork.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.
Makes 6 dozen.
Cut dates and candy with kitchen shears.
Use 1/2 cup flour to coat the dates, candy and nuts.
Set aside orange slice candy, pecans, coconut and dates.
Mix butter and sugar in mixer.
Add eggs, then milk and flour.
Beat well.
Blend the fruit and nuts in dough with spoon.
Bake in a tube pan at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours (about) or until done.