Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 orange candy
- 1 3/4 c sugar
- 1 1/4 c butter
- 2 c pecans
- 2 c all purpose flour
- 8 oz dates
- 1/2 c buttermilk
- 1 c coconut
- 1/4 c orange juice
- 1/4 c lemon juice
- 1 ts baking soda
- 1 ts vanilla
- 1/2 ts salt
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Generously, grease and flour a tube pan; set aside. Mix together candy, pecans, dates, coconut and 1/4 cup of the flour; set aside. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Mix together baking soda, salt and remaining 1 3/4 cup flour; add alternately with buttermilk to the butter mixture. Add nut mixture; mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 2 hours; remove from oven. For glaze: In small saucepan, combine orange juice, lemon juice, sugar and butter. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Spoon glaze over warm cake.