Orange slice cake
Yield: 12 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Orange slice candy -cut up
- 2 c Pecans; chopped
- 8 oz Dates; cut up
- 1 c Coconut grated
- 2 c 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 the oven to 300 F. Generously grease and flour a tube pan; set aside. Mix together the candy pecans dates coconut and 1/4 cup of the flour; set aside. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. Mix together the baking soda salt and remaining 1 3/4 cup flour; add alternately with the buttermilk to the butter mixture. Add the nut mixture; mix well. Pour the batter into a prepared pan and bake for two hours; remove from the oven. For glaze: In a small saucepan combine the orange juice lemon juice sugar and butter. Cook until the sugar is dissolved. Spoon the glaze over the warm cake.
