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SOUTHERN ORANGE CANDY CAKE

From the kitchen of Ruth Brown (Granny of Ashton Stowell)

Ingredients:

1 lb chopped orange slices
8oz pkg dates, chopped
4 oz package coconut

2c chopped pecans
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

5 eggs
2 c sugar
¾ c buttermilk

4 c flour
1 c soft margarine
1 tbsp vanilla

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs (1 at a time) in a large mixing bowl. Mix orange
slices, dates, coconut and chopped pecans and baking soda in a separate bowl, you can add

some flour to keep ingredients from sticking together. Add milk and flour to butter mixture
slowly while mixing. Fold in fruit-nut mix. Spoon into well-greased and floured tube or bunt

pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 2.5 hours.