4 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1 lb Candy orange slice, cut up
2 c Chopped nuts
1 lb Dates, cut up
1 cn Coconut
2 Sticks margarine
4 Eggs
1/2 c But’milk+1 ts bakingsoda mix
1 c Heated orange juice
2 c Powdered sugar
Mix 1 cup of the flour and salt, and cut candy and dates into it. Add
nuts and coconut and mix. Cream margarine and sugar together. Add
eggs and mix well. Add buttermilk mixture and remaining flour
alternately. Combine with candy mixture. Grease and flour Bundt pan
or two loaf pans. Bake at 25o degrees for 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 hours. Place
pan of water under oven rack to keep cake moist. For frosting, mix
together orange juice and powdered sugar. With a fork, prick holes in
cake as it comes from oven, then pour orange juice mixture over cake.
Leave in pan overnight. Unmold and drizzle with Powdered Sugar Icing.
Powdered Sugar Icing: 2 cups confectioners sugar 1/4 tsp vanilla 1/4
c milk
Mix ingredients together, adding milk a little at a time. For thicker
consistency use less milk.
Yields
24 Servings