Orange Slice Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream together sugar and butter.
2. 2
   Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix soda into buttermilk.
3. 3
   Mix candy with 1/2 c. flour.
4. 4
   Alternate flour and buttermilk, stirring after each addition.
5. 5
   Add dates and nuts.
6. 6
   Mix well.
7. 7
   Stir candy into batter.
8. 8
   Add coconut last.
9. 9
   Bake in 13 x 9 inch greased and floured pan for 2 1/2 hours at 250°.