Source:

Lisa

Serves/Makes:1 tube cake

Ingredients

• 3-1/2 cups (825 ml) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt
• 1 cup (225 ml) butter
• 2 cups (475 ml) white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) buttermilk
• 16 oz (448 grm). orange-flavored fruit slice jelly candies, chopped
• 1 cup (225 ml) chopped dates
• 2 cups (475 ml) chopped walnuts
• 1 cup (225 ml) flaked coconut
• 1 cup (225 ml) orange juice
• 2 cups (475 ml) confectioners sugar

Preparation

• Sift flour and salt together.
• Cream butter or margarine and sugar well.
• Add eggs, flour mixture, soda, and buttermilk; mix well. Fold in orange slices, dates, nuts, and coconut.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees (150 C.) for 1 3/4 to 2 hours.
• Remove cake from oven.
• Mix together juice and confectioner's sugar; pour over hot cake while still in pan.
• Cool cake in pan for 20 minutes.
• Turn out onto cake plate. Cool completely.

Comments

from allrecipes.com Submitted by: Barbara "Excellent for the holidays. Better baked ahead of time. DELICIOUS flavor gets better with age." Original recipe yield: 1 tube cake.