Orange Slice Cake I

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 16 ounces orange-flavored fruit slice jelly candies, chopped
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• sift flour and salt together.
• cream butter or margarine and sugar well. add eggs, flour mixture, soda, and buttermilk; mix well. fold in orange slices, dates, nuts, and coconut. pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
• bake at 300 degrees f (150 degrees c) for 1 3/4 to 2 hours. remove cake from oven. mix together juice and confectioner's sugar; pour over hot cake while still in pan. cool cake in pan for 20 minutes. turn out onto cake plate. cool completely.