Orange Candy Cake

• 1 c. butter
• 5 eggs
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. dates
• 2 c. chopped pecans
• 1 (4 oz.) can shredded coconut
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3/4 c. buttermilk
• 2 c. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla
• 1 lb. orange candy slices, cut in small pieces
• 4 c. plain flour, sifted (1/4 c. to dredge fruits and nuts, 3 3/4 c. to mix into batter)

1. Turn oven to 300u0b0.
2. Beat butter and
3. sugar
4. until it is fluffy.
5. Add eggs, beating well after
6. each
7. addition.
8. Mix in vanilla.
9. Measure 3 3/4 cups of sifted
10. flour
11. andtift
12. with baking
13. soda
14. and
15. salt.
16. Add
17. flour
18. mixture
19. andtuttermilk alternately to cake batter.
20. Mix chopped dates, chopped orange candy, chopped nuts and coconut in 1/4
21. cup
22. flour.
23. Mix well. Fold this fruit-nut mixture into the
24. cake batter.trease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
25. Spoon batter into pan and bake in a slow oven (300u0b0) for 2 1/2 hours.

butter, eggs, dates, pecans, coconut, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, sugar, vanilla, orange candy slices, flour

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=757368 (may not work)