1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 lb. orange slices cut up
1 1/2 cups coconut
2 cups diced dates
2 cups pecans
Cream butter + sugar
Stir in beaten eggs
Add soda to buttermilk
Add alternately to dry
ingredients.
Add candy, dates +
coconut + nuts.
Bake at 300° for 2 hrs.
in 10 in. tube cake pan.
While cake is baking
prepare topping. (over)
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Topping
1 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. buttermilk
3/4 tsp. soda - stirred in buttermilk
1 1/2 Tbls. white syrup
1/2 stick butter
3/4 tsp. vanilla
Boil 2 min.
Pour over cake while cake is still hot.
Punch holes in cake so topping will
penetrate. Let cake cool before removing
from pan.
1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Stir in beaten eggs.
3. Add soda to buttermilk.
4. Add buttermilk mixture alternately with egg mixture to dry ingredients.
5. Add candy, dates, coconut, and nuts.
6. Bake at 300° for 2 hours in a 10-inch tube cake pan.
7. While cake is baking, prepare topping.
1. Combine all topping ingredients and boil 2 minutes.
2. Pour over cake while cake is still hot.
3. Punch holes in cake so topping will penetrate.
4. Let cake cool before removing from pan.
