Orange slice fruitcake
Yield: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Orange slice candy cut up
- 2 c Pecans chopped
- 8 oz Dates cut up
- 1 c Coconut; grated
- 2 c All-purpose flour divided
- 1 c Butter
- 1 1/2 c Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 1 ts Vanilla
- 1 ts Baking soda
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 1/2 c Buttermilk
- 1/4 c Orange juice
- 1/4 c Lemon juice
- 1/4 c Sugar
- 1/4 c Butter
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Generously grease and flour a tube pan; set aside. Mix together candy pecans dates coconut and 1/4 cup of the flour; set aside. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Mix together baking soda salt and remaining 1 3/4 cup flour; add alternately with buttermilk to the butter mixture. Add nut mixture; mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 2 hours; remove from oven. For glaze: In small saucepan combine orange juice lemon juice sugar and butter. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Spoon glaze over warm cake.
