Orange Slice Cake

Name: Orange Slice Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. butter; 2 c. sugar; 4 eggs; 1/2 c. buttermilk; 1 tsp. soda; 3 1/2 c. plain flour; 1 box chopped dates; 1 lb. candy orange slices, chopped; 1 c. coconut; 1 c. walnuts; 1 c. pecans; 1 c. orange juice (fresh or canned); 2 c. confectioners sugar

13 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
3 1/2 c. plain flour
1 box chopped dates
1 lb. candy orange slices, chopped
1 c. coconut
1 c. walnuts
1 c. pecans
1 c. orange juice (fresh or canned)
2 c. confectioners sugar

Directions

1

Dissolve soda into buttermilk.
2

In large bowl, cream butter and sugar by hand.
3

Add eggs, one at a time.
4

Add alternately flour, then buttermilk mixture, mixing well after each addition. (Alternate each three times.)
5

In another bowl, mix together the dates, orange slices, coconut, walnuts and pecans, then add to dough mixture and blend together.
6

Pour into tube pan and bake for 3 hours at 250°.
7

As soon as cake is removed from oven, pour mixture of orange juice (fresh or canned) and confectioners sugar over hot cake.
8

Let set overnight.