Candied Orange Slice Cake

Candied Orange Slice Cake Recipe.

How to Make Candied Orange Slice Cake.

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Candied Orange Slice Cake

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Course Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword Cakes, Candied Orange Slice Cake, Food recipe

Prep Time 6 minutes mins

Cook Time 6 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 1 Cup (1/2 lb.) Butter
• 2 Cups sugar
• 5 Eggs
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• Pkg. (8 Oz.) pitted dates, cut up
• 1 Lb. Pkg. orange slices candy, cut up
•  2 Cups chopped pecans
• 1 Can (3 1/2 oz) shredded coconut
• 4 Cups sifted flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 3/4 Cup buttermilk
• 1 Teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 Teaspoon grated orange, rind
• 1/4 Cup lemon juice
• 1/2 Cup confectionery sugar
• 1/4 Cup orange juice

Instructions

Step 1

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating very well after each addition. Add vanilla.

Step 2

•  Mix dates, candy, nuts and coconut with 1/4 cup flour. Soft remaining dry ingredients and add in 1/3’s alternately with milk, beating until smooth after each addition

Step 3

• Fold in fruit mixture. Spoon into a greased and floured 10” Tube pan. Bake at 300’F. for 2 1/2 hours.

Topping:

• Mix rind, juice and sugar well. Place cake on rack and pour icing over the top immediately after baking. When cool, remove the cake from the pan. Store in refrigerator a day before cutting. Cake keeps several weeks in refrigerator. if well wrapped.