Ingredients

  • 1 c. margarine
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 3 1/2 c. flour
  • 1/2 c. buttermilk
  • 1 lb. candy orange slices, cut into small pieces
  • 1 pkg. dates (8 oz.), cut up
  • 2 c. coconut (shredded)
  • 2 c. chopped walnuts

Method

  • With mixer
  • cream margarine and sugar; add one egg at a time, beating
  • after
  • each
  • egg.
  • Add
  • soda and stir, then add alternately
  • flour
  • and
  • buttermilk.
  • Mix
  • well.
  • Add
  • orange slices,
  • dates, coconut and nuts.
  • Mix well.
  • Grease and flour angel food cake pan.
  • Bake in slow oven at 300°, 1 hour and 45 minutes.
  • While
  • cake
  • is in oven mix together 1 cup undiluted orange juice
  • (1
  • 1/2 cans), 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and set aside.
  • Test
  • cake with toothpick after 1 hour and 45 minutes. As soon
  • as
  • cake
  • is
  • done (leave in pan), take long fork and pierce cake.
  • Pour
  • orange juice mixture over cake and let set in pan
  • 24 hours
  • out
  • of refrigerator, then take out of pan. Will
  • last covered with Saran Wrap out of refrigerator several months.