Name: Orange Slice Cake
Cook time: 2 h
Ingredients: 1 pound candy orange slices, chopped; 1/2 pound dried dates; 2 cup sweetened, flaked coconut; 2 cup pecans, chopped; 1 cup flour; 1 cup butter; 2 cup granulated sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 teaspoon grated orange rind; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup buttermilk; 1/2 cup orange juice; 1 cup granulated sugar; orange liqueur to taste (optional)

Orange Slice Cake

2 Comments

This cake recipe is so sweet and decadent, the flavor of the dates works perfectly with the orange. Make it for a special birthday, or even just because. Who needs an excuse to eat cake?

Cooking Time2 hr

Ingredients

1 pound candy orange slices, chopped
1/2 pound dried dates
2 cups sweetened, flaked coconut
2 cups pecans, chopped
1 cup flour
1 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup granulated sugar
orange liqueur to taste (optional)

Instructions

Mix candy orange slices, dates, coconut, and pecans in 1 cup of flour. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Butter and flour a tube or bundt pan or four loaf pans. Non-stick pans are the best.
Cream butter and the 2 cups of sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Mix in orange rind.
Mix together baking soda and flour.
Add flour mixture alternating with buttermilk to butter-sugar mixture. Mix well.
Stir in candy orange mixture.
Pour into pan of choice and bake until wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean (time varies, depending on size of pan, almost two hours for bundt pan).
Mix orange juice and the one cup of sugar in small sauce pan. Bring to boiling. Pour in orange liqueur to taste.
Poke holes in hot cake and pour boiling orange juice mixture over top.
Turn cake out of pan and brush juice mixture on sides and top of cake with a pastry brush.