Orange Slice Candy Cake (Grandma Morgan)

1 cup butter (2 cubes)                                   

2 cups sugar                                                

4 eggs                                                          

½ cup buttermilk                                         

1 tsp. soda, dissolved in buttermilk

½ tsp. salt

3 ½ cups flour

½ lb. dates, chopped

1 lb. orange slice candy, chopped

1 cup coconut

2 cups nut, chopped

Cream butter, sugar and eggs.  Mix in 3 cups of the flour and salt alternately with buttermilk.  Use remaining ½ cup flour to dredge (mix lightly with flour so candy won’t stick) the nuts, candy, dates and coconut.  Add to batter.  Mix well.  Pour into greased and lightly floured tube pan and bake at 275° for 2 hours or until cake tests done.  Pour glaze on warm cake.

Glaze: 

1 cup orange juice

1 cup powdered sugar

Combine orange juice and sugar and mix well.  Immediately pour over hot cake in pan.  Allow to stand overnight in pan.  Remove from pan and slice and serve.