Orange Slice Cake

Name: Orange Slice Cake
Ingredients: 2 sticks butter; 2 c. sugar; dash of salt; 4 eggs; 2 c. pecans, chopped; 4 c. flour; 1 1/3 c. buttermilk; 1 can coconut; 1 lb. orange slice candy; 1 dash of soda; 1 lb. dates, cut; 1 c. orange juice; 1 c. sugar

13 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

2 sticks butter
2 c. sugar
dash of salt
4 eggs
2 c. pecans, chopped
4 c. flour
1 1/3 c. buttermilk
1 can coconut
1 lb. orange slice candy
1 dash of soda
1 lb. dates, cut
1 c. orange juice
1 c. sugar

Directions

1

Melt butter; let cool.
2

Cream in sugar.
3

Add eggs one at a time; beat well.
4

Add 1 cup buttermilk; add soda to the 1/3 cup buttermilk.
5

Chop nuts and cut dates and orange slice candy. Mix these with 1 cup flour; add remainder of flour to butter mixture.
6

Add dates, candy slices and coconut to batter.
7

Bake in a tube pan (10-inch), well-greased and floured.
8

Bake at 250° for 2 1/2 hours.