Orange Slice Cake with Orange Drizzle

Orange Slice Cake is chock full of orange slice candy, dates, nuts and coconut.

Ingredients

Cake

• 3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pound orange slice candy, cut up
• 8 ounces pitted dates, chopped
• 2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 (3 1/4 ounce) can flaked coconut
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Orange Drizzle

• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease and flour a large tube pan.

Cake

1. Sift together flour and salt.
2. Combine candy, dates, nuts and coconut with 1/2 cup flour mixture.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat well.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly.
5. Combine buttermilk and baking soda. Add alternately with flour.
6. Add candy mixture, mixing well.
7. Turn into prepared tube pan.
8. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
9. Pour Orange Drizzle over hot cake.

Orange Drizzle

1. Combine 1 cup orange juice and 2 cups confectioners' sugar. Pour over hot cake. Let cool.
2. Let stand in refrigerator overnight before removing from pan.