Orange Slice Cake

Photo: flickr user tsheko

Ingredients

1 cup Butter

2 cups Sugar

4 Eggs

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 cup Buttermilk

1 pound Gumdrops, large -- Orange slices

14 ounces Dates -- diced

2 cups Nuts -- chopped

1 cup Coconut -- flaked

4 cups Flour -- unsifted

1 cup Orange Juice

1 cup Powdered Sugar -- unsifted

Preparation

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until well blended; add eggs and mix well. Add soda to buttermilk in a small bowl; stir into first mixture.

Add flour, mix well and add remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour into a prepared 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Bake 2 hours at 300 degrees F. Place a pan of water in oven until last 45 minutes to keep cake moist. When cake comes out of oven, mix orange juice and powdered sugar in a small bowl. While cake is hot, pour orange juice & powdered sugar mixture over cake and let stand overnight to cool and set. RF4RP