Orange Candy Cake
List of Ingredients
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) package dates, cut up
1 (one pound) package candy orange slices, cut up
2 cups pecans, chopped
1 (4 ounce) can shredded coconut
4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup buttermilk
Lemon syrup *Recipe
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. Mix dates, candy, nuts and coconut with 1/4 cup flour. Sift remaining flour with baking soda and salt. Alternately fold into creamed mixture with buttermilk. Fold in the date mixture. Spoon into well greased and floured 10- inch tube pan. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 2 1/2 hours. Remove cake from oven and at once pour on the lemon syrup. Set pan on rack and let cool. When the cake is cooled thoroughly, remove from pan. Wrap snugly in aluminum foil and refrigerate 1 day or longer before serving. The flavors blend and get stronger during the refrigeration, and the cake slices easier.
*Lemon Syrup
MIx together;1 teaspoon grated lemon peel, 1 teaspoon grated orange peel, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup orange and 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted.
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